My take (spolers abound) - the main theme is emotional detachment / coldness as a comfortable place - is it a desirable position to be in? - Kamita is

My take (spolers abound) - the main theme is emotional detachment / coldness as a comfortable place - is it a desirable position to be in? - Kamita is a god who protects the bar, perhaps he may be the willow tree. - the cat represents his comfort in feeling detatched from his emotions - the woman who he sleeps with breaks this spell - he is neither able to remain detached (he feels sympathy for her due to her wounds) nor act decisively once her lover returns - his trip is a chance for him to regain his detachment and his comfortable place, but he blows it with his emotional letter - he has decide if he can face the fact he really does have some woes, attractions, desires etc. . that's the cliff he stands on the edge of while he sobs under the covers..