The Curios Shop I'd Never Noticed

A small grey cat with bright yellow eyes jumped up and landed softly on the case in front of me. There was a fuzzy shawl spread out over the surface, already liberally decorated with grey hairs but I guess was her favorite resting spot. She stepped daintily into it and laid down like a sphinx and just stared at me. A shiver ran up my spine and I laughed at myself. It was deja vu I was feeling. But I knew I hadn't been here before, so then what was this? The curtain shifted again and a woman with long black hair in a neat braid over one shoulder stepped through. Well, she said, shall we