What annoys me is the extra touch of fake difficulty in this all...

Such as, I dunno... Asking the cat to sit still or wait for you in a location...

Fighting with the game's LACK of control isn't good design... So I hope they don't leave the Black Cat the way it is.

Also there IS a condition where the black cat will run away forever... and I've never seen it again after that. (The dog on the beech)