Cats sleep a lot because sleep allows one to process all the heavy data we collect, crunch it when we ball up. Even the act of touching tail to nose closes a circuit of thought and being, the satellite transmitters/receivers of ears stay perked for messages from the other dimensions as real as the one you see me in. Eyes lie. Pressure, heat, movement, speed, texture and the rainbow of scents are more reliable indicators and communicators than pupils that by their very nature are in constant flux. This importance of touch is why I enjoy so much contact. Contact is calming. We stand in the aura of hormones, past consumed and emotions roil around like an oily whirlpool. Blood flow change can be clocked stage by stage and within this awareness of each other’s body’s comes the basic bonding that is the essence of life.