He imagined fate as a goddess, capricious and fickle, or as a river, which could flood at any moment
The cat's manner of rejection was like cold, white light. 
The word "to grieve" or "lament" in Japanese is actually made up of two different kanji characters - "sadness" and "resentment.
Chibi is a friend with whom I share an understanding, and who just happens to have taken on the form of a cat 