That is just the best picture ever. I wonder if it was his cat or just some random neighborhood cat. “It’s okay; calm down. I will press on you.”
Partly guessing but there looks to be a house just to the right. I expect the cat lives there. My old barn cat, Jack, would do that exact thing. He’d stalk me when I was working in the shop or truck bay. Whenever I got on the ground on a mat or creeper he would instantly be on my chest watching whatever I was doing-—like he wanted to help. Power tools didn’t bother him either. He’d stay as long as I was down.
And that was a reason I never fed him fishy kinds of stuff. Didn’t want to have to fight fish breath.