The other day I had gotten home from some errands and Sammy, the neighbors cat, came to visit. Fuzzy came around from the back yard to be let in and spied Sammy. He walked over to intimidate Sammy (Fuzzy rarely starts fights) and this is a little of what transpired:
Sammy laid down instead of walking away. That ensures there is no "chase" and helps defuse the situation. Notice how neither is directly looking at the other, although they are keenly tracking each other out of the corner of their eyes.
Then Sammy actuall rolls over so he is facing away from Fuzzy. This shows Fuzzy he doesn't want any trouble and further defuses the situation.
Fuzzy finally got disgusted, or decided it wasn't worth his time, and decided he had better things to do (eat) inside.
If that had been Tory, this probably would have played out differently, but Fuzzy and Sammy usually tolerate each other fairly well.
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