Hello, Pirate! How very nice to meet you today! I like your pretty ears. I thought from looking at the first picture they're grey, but in the third picture I see they're brown, too. Gentle hugs to you, sweetie! And huge hugs to your mom, too! I hope you get some nice petting today. Consider yourself petted for me.

(P.S., Tamara, you said Pirate is sometimes a little stiff and sometimes confused -- I was thinking that applies to me, too! )