Accumulation

I observed today that if E and I are both writing, we need a second cat. Komatsu is usually a good author's companion but he can't be in both workspaces at once. I was reminded that E and I have long had a scheme for the slate of cats needed in a dual-writer household:

• Brevity, a Manx.
• Clarity, who must be all white.
• Repartee, a Siamese.
• Footnote, a polydactyl.