This reminds me of my old muted tortie Ranger! She looked a lot like this. My parents had to put her down a few years ago, sadly. She was the sweetest thing. Her and her siblings were all so drooly. Whenever you'd pet them, especially when they were in your lap, they'd drool. Ranger was the most drooly. She'd do it even if she wasn't in your lap. She was very vocal. She'd sing the song of her people to be let outside. One day she just lost her voice, not sure why, maybe cats have a finite amount of meows hehe, because she certainly was the most talkative. She'd still make her silent ones.

One more story. She was such an insistent cuddler. When I was a teenager I didn't want her in my lap because I had to get up at some point or something, I don't know. I kept sort of shoving her paw off when she tried to climb down from the back of the chair onto my shoulder and down my chest to my lap. She finally started to move so so so slow. She was trying to sneak into my lap, like if she didn't move fast she wouldn't be seen or something. I got my mom's attention so she could laugh too.

Her little goatee in this pic is so cute!