{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"CatsCast 18: Match.Cat","description":"Author: Ember Randall Narrator: Laura Pearlman Host: Laura Pearlman Audio Producer: Wilson Fowlie This story is a CatsCast original. Match.Cat by Ember Randall They say cats have nine lives, but that\u2019s not quite right. Nine is more of an average--in reality, you get as many as Death gives you, which means it behooves any sensible cat to suck up while they can. Or, at least, that\u2019s what I told myself as I wound around Death\u2019s legs, giving them my best never-been-petted meow--the unmatched quality of their ear scritches had nothing to do with it. A snort echoed above me. \u201cYou look like one of those spoiled lap cats you\u2019re always deriding, you know.\u201d I glared up at Alfonsius--Lord Alfonsius Darrowfell of the Silent Wing, to give the owl the full title he often insisted on. \u201cInsurance is never wasted.\u201d I was on my seventh life, and a cat couldn\u2019t be too careful, right? Read the rest&amp;nbsp;on Patreon.  Visit us at&amp;nbsp;escapeartists.net\/catscast\/  Released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives International 4.0 license. ","author_name":"CatsCast","author_url":"https:\/\/escapeartists.net\/catscast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/27931563\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/159742500"}