actually natori has some kind of tracking talisman on matoba at all times. that's how he knew where to abduct matoba from for Operation: Kitty Cat City. matoba fully knows about it; it's why he wasn't at all surprised to find a paper doll in natsume's hair after the mask youkai debacle (matoba internally as he watched it fly away: classic mother hen shuuichi-san momence 🥰). because this is matoba "boundaries? what are those? can you eat them?" seiji we're talking about, he's not bothered by this "violation" of his "privacy"; rather, he finds it fittingly clingy (it is, after all, only right that natori should be keeping tabs on him obsessively). sometimes the talisman gets confused and sticks to yesterday's outfit, so he always checks to make sure he has it on the way out the door (his pocket patdown is "keys, lighter, wallet, exorcism supplies, shuuichi-san's cute lil tracker he thinks i don't know about <3"). i wouldn't be surprised if he's figured out how to uno reverse it and now uses it to track natori's location as well. this may not technically be canon but it is probably all 100% true in an important way that transcends canon, we just never hear about it because it isn't relevant to natsume's journey 😌
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Old Deuteronomy is extremely high on the list of “cats that love humans”, and you can’t tell me otherwise. He’s pro cat and human friendly relations as evidenced by his complete disregard for cats having to initiate first contact with a human companion (so long as you aren’t being too familiar, that is - stranger danger and all that); there’s probably a reason that the humans all love him enough to block entire roads off - because he loves them back and has done so for years. He’s essentially the village’s collective cat.
He makes his appearances rarely, almost as if he were a ghost or a figment of your imagination, but when he *does* show up around town, people light up. The priests all love him at the vicarage and let him wander wherever he’d like (including in the church); the fishermen at port always save something for him in case he chances by; many a family have let him in their houses if it was raining, and he adapts to each one extremely quickly; he’ll even get along with their other animals near instantly.
You’ll often find children clinging to his neck, or sitting next to him and patting his back, or clutching his tail as he sits observing the street (and if their parents move to pull them away for “bothering” him, he’ll just turn his head towards them and blink slowly - Bothering who? Not me; they’re not bothering me). Some of them will attempt to engage him in play (and he would participate until he got too old to do so). Some children even claimed that he was speaking with them; whether that was actually true, no one is certain. That would be between him and them, wouldn’t it?
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one weird hurdle i did not realize i'd have to encounter making the buddy cole doc is i did not realize how weird it is for me to hear people earnestly hyping me up??? like i'm watching this bit i filmed with paul bellini for the crowdfunding trailer where he goes "...and now i'm so excited to help my friend jessamine who's making a documentary about buddy [...] and i know jessamine is going to do great because she really gets this character" and i'm out here with my difficulty internalizing compliments being like yes i already knew we're friends and that i really get buddy cole but aaaaaaaa you're saying it you're perceiving me you're really helping me put together the documentary of my dreams what
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