With all my cats: I like to do a cat scratch gesture like catwoman from a distance while we all laze around (again, from a distance).
Its like miming scratching a non-existant surface and they intuit that the imaginary surface I’m scratching is them.
Also “we” call scratching “scratcheese” lol
When Fran wants cuddles you can pat your knees (like a “come here boy!” gesture) and she’ll do a BIG STRETTTCHHH onto your leg to indicate “yes please pick me up”. Then you smoosh your face into her because she’s a cat.