for the last ten minutes i've just been meowing back at the cat, who is still in the laundry room, meowing outward. i do not know if this is the correct response but it's basically just me and this cat going "myao" "mew!" "myaaao" "mew!" back and forth forever.
@ansate I HOPE SO i have no idea what all this meowing means (maybe kitty marco polo trying to make sure we can avoid each other?? sometimes she does this and if i stay on the couch the whole time she gets food)