A pamphlet of feline opinion · est. mmxxv
Pete, the resident feline critic
The Pete Gazette
The Toddler Doll Desk Reviewed for kids & the grown-ups who shop for them Reviewed from the windowsill
Lead Review · From: Ms. Rachel
Singing Charlatan Sentenced to the Corner Forthwith
Pete exhaustively interrogates Ms. Rachel's touch-activated responses, decodes them as patronizing drivel, and dismisses her with tail held high to sing sticky songs to the dust bunnies.

So, the humans have acquired a soft, oversized replica of the singing woman from the Screen. It seems designed to endlessly repeat simple songs and encouraging phrases, a task I find both redundant and deeply unsettling. Its primary function appears to be activated by touch, which offers a fleeting moment of potential interest before the inevitable auditory…

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Fig. 1 — the subject
Pete's Verdict
★☆☆☆☆
An idiot. I closed the investigation.
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