...doesn't get much air-time as she isn't really a lap-sitter or even a cat one picks up, preferring to have her feet on the ground and being in control of her situation.





That's not an uncommon line in the sand with cats, to be uncomfortable with surrendering "control". She actually is very social, indeed demanding of attention at times, well-adjusted albeit a bit mad; I've described her before as the younger aunt who is divorced, throws pottery, is head of the local arts council, smokes a little weed, drives an old brush-painted Citroen "Duck", and doesn't really care that everyone at any family gathering is waiting for her to say something inappropriate.