Hm. Perhaps you should make it a bit clearer right off the bat that Darkness is a cat, or at least something like one. Maybe you could say “The cat-like Darkness” or “feline Darkness.”

Again, most intriguing. I’ll be interested to see what goes down after this.

Yes, it does wind up a little hard to follow, but it does have a nice thoughtful, philosophical sort of feel to it.

I got the cat reference quick enough.

Only issues – the first three sentences could easily be one paragraph if you wanted, and I’m not a big fan of brackets, commas work just as well. :)

It’s a nice mellow, thoughtful piece.

g2 > I was about to comment a bit more on the cat issue, but I felt it would maybe seem too repetitive if I pointed out more plainly that it was a cat. I do like “feline Darkness” though.

THX > On the cat issue, or generally speaking? :P

April > I was pretty sure I’d set it as paragraph initially at least, maybe on some reediting I hit a key I shouldn’t have. You’re right though, seems much better as paragraph. Thanks!
I’m not much into brackets myself but I sometimes overcrowd with commas, so… brackets this time around. ;)

I like the mild mystery of what exactly they are. Paws could mean many things.

There are a couple places the wording could be streamlined a bit to make it flow better.

For what it’s worth, I didn’t find the story confusing or hard to follow. It has a nice, vaguely Gaiman-esque quality to it.