had a silly dream last night that i was watching live coverage of a chess tournament, and it was a big deal because this was the first major chess event that grandmaster hikaru nakamura attended ever since he had himself turned into a cat.
i'm not talking about a catboy, i'm not even talking about a talking cat, he became a normal ass housecat. felis catus. i remember he specifically looked like the high intelligence specimen.
i never saw him playing any chess in the dream but i DID see him swimming in a swimming race, because for some reason this was a special tournament where you earned points not only in chess matches but also in swimming. which really brings into question what the tactical value of being a cat was.
and yes, i DO think hikaru became a cat not because he wanted to be a cat but because it was a strategic decision. because i remember he had himself turned back into a human after the tournament, just so he could speak and clarify some stuff about a specific moment (he was meowing at another cat who was at the tournament and people were confused)
