Amaurie Poventud: What is your pet’s name?

Feliz Hernandez: Trooper.

Irvin de Jesus: Trooper?

AP: That’s pretty nice name honestly.

FH: Trooper from Star Wars.

AP: Honestly, I might name my next dog that.

IDE: What is your pet?

FH: A cat.

IDE: Alright!

AP: And what would you say about Trooper?

FH: She’s like a lovely cat.

FH: She’s really- She’s really chill.

AP: What would you say are her qualities of her being chill? What makes her chill?

FH: Like, she doesn’t buy. She’s like, I don’t know how to explain it. She just lays around.

IDE: What does she do?

AP: Is she playful?

FH: No, not that. Because I know she’s chill like that.

AP: But what does she do sometimes? Does she play with you sometimes?

IDE: Is she really messy?

FH: She’s not messy, but sometimes.

IDE: Sometimes what?

FH: She like… Sometimes she’s playful, bro.

AP: All right.

AP: If you were able to say anything about her, what would you say- If she could actually listen to you, which I’m pretty sure it can’t actually.

AP: What would you say to her?

FH: I’ll say like… She just…

IDE: You don’t know?

FH: Yeah, I don’t know what I’ll say to her.

IDE: Does she have any toys? Like, what’s her favorite toy or what’s her favorite place?

FH: What’s her favorite place? Yeah, like, her favorite place is like, be on the couch.

AP: Any toys? Or…

FH: Yeah. Like, some mouse toy that’s holding on the string.

IDE: Oh, those.

FH: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

AP: I know, I know, don’t worry, I know.

AP: And by the way, how did you raise her?

FH: I raised her… Like, I just raised her. I just raised her.

IDE: Where’d you get her?

FH: She was… She had a ball which I used to take care of, and then she died.

AP: Oh, she died?

FH: Yeah.

IDE: Damn.

FH: I think she died, but…

IDE: She ran away?

FH: Yeah, she probably ran away.

AP: Poor Kitten. Well, thank you for letting me interview.

FH: Yeah, you’re welcome.