She is the crystallization of Tamamo's more pure and sincere aspects. She is something like a wild cat that one cannot tell what it wants to do, nor what sort of mess it will make. As a dignity of a wild beast, once someone is served as a "lord" (主, reads also as "owner"), she devotes her allegiance until the end. After forming a contract, Tamamo-Cat will turn into a guardian beast that wants nothing but to be helpful to her master (主人, shujin, reads also as "husband"). Once things become like this, protecting the Master, the happiness of the Master becomes foremost and Cat stops thinking about her own joy.