So Ray's pop was a real tomcat. Hmmm. Mrs. Smuckles seems to have lived wealthily for her entire life. So perhaps she was a rich cat who just got knocked up. It seems odd she would have a relationship with a man who wanted to spend an evening at a mean old dive. But perhaps she just has a thing for a real man's... cat. Anyway, this disclosure is confusing.
Then again, I guess it isn't clear weather or not Ray was born into money to begin with. I mean, he did have his startups, so one might assume he is self-made, but that part of his character seems to have been abandoned in the story.
Ok, so Ethelia Smuckles, from a rich household, while in heat, is impregnated by a tomcat, and Ray, being born into extravagance but without a father figure, probably runs away and ends up becoming a show cat (or perhaps he is given away by his mother's human.) Hmmm, no, they had to have been rich and together until at least Ray was in his little league years. I suppose in his later teenage years he became the show cat, and after abandoning that life, decided to start from scratch to make himself a success.
Hmmm, but Mrs. S. certainly spent some time with this guy, they went out to bars MAN FUCK THIS IM GOING TO BED this will only make sense if Mrs. Smuckles is never seen again.
Maybe he was killed in a fight when Ray was a kitten. MAYBE HE'S STILL ALIVE.