Stop comparing his love to a dog's.

Stop comparing his love to a dog's. A dog loves you like a child, but a cat loves you like a warrior. Psychology calls this hyper vigilance. In the wild, he is a perfect killing machine. His sensors are always on. To close his eyes in the presence of another is a biological error. It is to invite death. So, you need to understand the weight of his silence. When he locks eyes with you, and gives you that slow, heavy blink. He isn't just saying, "I like you." He is manually shutting down his survival systems. He is overriding millions of years of evolution that scream stay alert. He is stripping away his armor to tell you with you I don't need to watch my back. It is the highest honor a predator can give. Don't just watch. Blink back. Accept his surrender.