This episode uses animals as a reminder to return to the present moment.
Hadot and Marcus Aurelius show that life is lived only in the now, where we can think clearly, act justly, and avoid adding needless disturbance to events.
Animals offer a simple model of presence: they don't argue with the past or rehearse the future, but inhabit what's directly before them.
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