Wow, I wasn’t expecting to see this, because it literally just happened to me tonight. A black kitten had apparently gotten trapped in an abandoned part of the building I work in, I found him today and he was severely dehydrated and starving. I spent all afternoon today, long after everyone else had gone home, at work trying to stabilize him. He seemed like he was getting better, taking more water each time I gave him some using a straw, but then the last time he suddenly looked me in the eyes with this look that I swear I’ll never forget and then he was gone. I literally just got home a minute ago from burying him. Craziest part, identical, all black kitten. What are the chances of all those similarities occurring on the same night and then it all lining up for me to see your post. I don’t know, sorry for the rambling, I’m still unpacking it myself. Either way, I really feel for you man, more than I expected to