Owen McCuen
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1,473 appearances
8 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 17 Sep
Owen McCuen’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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His size and color made me think of the wandering Soot Susawatari from Spirited Away, my obsession at the time, and my parents vetoed all the other suggestions from the movie.
So this little ball of black fur became affectionately known as Soot.
I had the whole setup.
The wheel, the shavings, the colorful tubes like a maze for him to run through.
I was absolutely thrilled.
Soot would run on that wheel, skittering around the tubes like he was running a marathon.
It was years later I realized my parents got him partially as a distraction from their crumbling marriage.
They were always fighting, but not screaming at each other.
They opted for backhanded compliments and jabs.
I could sense the tension, even though I didn't have a word for it or an understanding of what it meant.
It didn't matter, though.
Soot made me feel loved.
I could carry him in my hands, and the warmth from his gossamer fur spread through me more than it should have.
His eyes were not black like a doll's eyes, but were dark like the night sky.
At first glance, it looked like a void.
But as you stared into them, the dots of stars and whirls of galaxies became apparent.
His eyes held the history of the universe, and I could get lost in them for hours.
I even saw them in my dreams.
The following year, I had bought more tubing and a little ball for him to travel in.
He would skitter around my room, bumping into the walls and table legs as he navigated the house with me hot on his tail.
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