I can speak dog, let me translate:
"But mother. The kitchen is place for the pack. Community eating of the snacks. The gathering of all doggo. Should it not then the running water of the kitchen be community water bowl?"
But round is a desirable shape for a kittums. More body fat means more warmth and being bigger intimidates rival cats not part of the colony. Sound cat logic.
But is more effort to roll all the way to the bowl of food.
And harder to get into the good sleep spots like chair.
Or the human’s pillow for hacking up hairballs.
It’s a conundrum.