Seeing Eye to Eye

The other morning, as I was getting ready for work, I noticed Wanda curled up against Sean, who was still snoozing away.  She looked at me meaningfully for a second, so I flopped down on the bed on my stomach, my face about five inches from her face.  Motionless, I stared into her eyes.  She stared right back.  I smiled at her.  She made a short, scratchy bark.  I did the "slow blink" a few times (that cat non-verbal thing that communicates affection), and she started purring immediately as soon as I did the first one.  I love the way Siamese cats will just maintain eye contact, no matter how close and no matter how long.