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THE CAT COLONY
A Cartographic Study of Extitutional Territory Dynamics
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BIRD OBSERVATION POST
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┌──────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┐
│ · ° ~ │ ~ ° · │
│ ╭···╮ (/ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\) ╭···╮ │
│ · ┊ ┊ ~ [watching] ° ~ ┊ ┊ · │
│ ╰···╯ ╰···╯ │
│ ~ ° · │ · ° ~ │
├·················─────┼─────·················────┤
│ │ │
│ =^._.^= ° · ~ │ ~ · ° (ᓚᘏᗢ) │
│ [sleeping] │ [ignoring] │
FEEDING │ ╭·······╮ │ ╭·······╮ NAP │
ZONE───┤ ┊ ~ ° · ┊ │ ┊ · ° ~ ┊ TERRITORY
│ ╰·······╯ │ ╰·······╯ │
│ · ° ~ │ ~ ° · │
│ ╭·················╮ │
│ ~ ┊ ┊ · │
│ =^..^= ┊ /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ ┊ (=^._.^=) │
│ [grooming] ┊ ┊ [resting] │
│ ° ┊ SCRAMBLE ┊ ~ │
│ ┊ [centre-frame] ┊ │
│ ~ ┊ ┊ · │
│ ╰·················╯ │
│ · ° ~ │ ~ ° · │
├·················────┼────·················─────┤
│ │ │
│ (/ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\) ╭···╮ │ ╭···╮ =^..^= │
│ [watching] ┊ ┊ │ ┊ ┊ [grooming] │
│ ~ ╰···╯ │ ╰···╯ │
│ │ ° · │
│ ╭·······╮ · ° │ ~ · ╭·······╮ │
│ ┊ ~ ° · ┊ │ ┊ · ° ~ ┊ │
│ ╰·······╯ │ ╰·······╯ │
│ │ (ᓚᘏᗢ) │
│ =^._.^= ~ ° │ · ~ [ignoring] │
│ [sleeping] │ │
│ │ │
└──────────────────────┼────────────────────────┘
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SUNBEAM SPOT
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LEGEND: ╭···╮ scent territory boundary (permeable)
° · ~ scent markers (narrative substrate)
┊ zone of mutual recognition
─ environmental features only
STRUCTURAL NOTES:
• No hierarchy detected
• Territory held by presence + scent-marking
• Boundaries overlap (not exclusive)
• Attendance voluntary
• Mutual recognition through encounter
• No meetings observed
• Coordination emergent
deeply functional despite looking like chaos
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