studded with iron nails for claws and whiskers.  Nearby, a chubby
white cat with big blue eyes raised one paw in seeming blessing
of the tiny brood of delicate porcelain kittens at his feet.

{heh.  I have one of those somewhere.  :) }

I wish I could remember what they're called.  "Manekki-neko" statues, or
something like that.

"Manekineko", according to "The Anime companion".

     Ranma stood on his hind legs and balanced on the wall to
gaze directly at one of the odder paintings.  A great lion stood
amidst a winter landscape.  Around him, the snow was melting and
flowers were springing up from the grass.  Human children knelt
at his feet and wove the blossoms into his mane without fear.

{uh... anyone we know?  :) }

I swear that I wrote this part before Angus wrote that message about the
surplus of Lovecraft crossovers, and the deficit of Narnia ones.  :)

Ha! Ha!  I control the horizontal!  I control the vertical!  And I
control ... that _other_ direction ...!  Ia!  Ia!

Cheers,
Angus

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Angus MacSpon                                                Allen Gainsford
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