German Cat

Key traits — Direct · Loud · No grudges · Cannot soften it

What you are like — You are a plain-speaking type. No hinting, no run-up: the thing gets said at whatever volume it arrives at. People around you always know where they stand, which is worth more socially than most people admit.

Your strengths

· Real, no performance: nobody has to guess with you

· You will carry the weight when somebody has to

· You hold no grudges and move on immediately

· Efficient, because you spend nothing on ceremony

Your weaknesses

· At that volume, even the right content changes flavour

· You are finished the moment you said it; they are still holding your tone

· You say in a room what should have been said privately

· You treat having said it clearly as them having accepted it

In love — You do not do silent treatment. Something comes up and you say it, which is genuinely rare. The problem is that your saying it arrives at volume, so what lands is the feeling rather than the point. The thing to practice is not saying less, it is saying it quieter.

At work — You suit roles that need somebody to decide, absorb pressure, and be clear: management, site work, engineering, crisis handling. You are wrong for brokering or anything that runs on tending feelings.

Best match — Banana Cat and OU Cat. both say it as it comes, and neither is quiet

Hardest work — Looking Away Cat and Alien Cat. they will not answer back, so you never hear how loud that was

One line for you — Go back afterwards: that came out sharp, it was about the work. Thirty seconds fixes most of it.