6/18/08:
… because if he did, we wouldn’t have a plot.
The phone call comes, as we knew it would. But poor Rufus, so noble in his rejection of technologies that normal people take for granted, keeps all his worldly possessions (namely, a phone) safe from nefarious phone thieves through the use of a bulky padlock, rather than the convenience and security of a professionally installed deadbolt. As a result, he’s about to miss the most impotent telephone call he’s ever received, apart from the time he accidentally called for phone sex with Dustin Diamond.
Kitty still has no soul, and fortunately for Rufus, cats with no soul have supernatural powers that will prevent any ill from befalling their owners. At least until such time as the cat can eat the owner and take his soul down to hell for eternal torment.
Now that should be a fun plotline.
