Dear Linguist,

Here is an unusually dynamic dream that I require assistance with interpreting.

We find ourselves in a grand courtroom with lacquered wood, cream pillars and magnificent red curtains draping downwards from a place too high to see. All the people here are regular humans, acting uniformly and professionally as their circumstances require of them. All except the cat of course. Sitting on the dock is a white and grey British shorthair, dignified in stature and prosecuted.

This pretentiously formal setting is where we find our feline character. Throughout the dream, the cat is tried and found guilty of theft. The cat sat in silence listening to the trial, not understanding the importance of it all but obliging anyway with infrequent replies. Hundreds of contemptuous eyes lay their gaze on the cat, to the spectators, he deserves to be convicted for far more.

Eventually, the cat is dragged off to serve his time, but even then, the cat seems completely apathetic. To every person in the room, the cat is despicable. Undeserving of comfort. Undeserving of pity. Undeserving of mercy. However, the cat couldn't care less about what they thought of him because all he knows is to do what he does. He holds stubbornly that a cat is a cat and cannot be expected to be anything else, no matter how one might object or threaten them to act differently it will all be in vain.

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That is the condition of the character at present.

There are only two other things you should know about the situation. These are the differing views of the cat and the crowd as were told prior to the case. Perhaps these will help with your interpretation.

One. The crowd believes the cat has a duty of care over all of them. A duty not to act in a manner that disadvantages them in any way and to be completely considerate of them. If the cat must, it should alter itself completely to cater to the expectation of not hurting anyone. It is unacceptable to simply be content with yourself, if you bring great torment to all those around you.

Two. The cat believes the duty of care is ridiculous. To consider the needs of all people in the crowd would be impossible and would cause himself to lose his genuineness. There are far too many requisites to please and to chase after one would mean the loss of another. They must simply learn to tolerate his nature, no matter the pain it causes them. This is not a fault of his own, but the fault of the expectations that were forced on him.

Now tell me Linguist, what does this mean? Who is in the right?