I'm glad that they had a good book for you, Shizuku.

Yeah! Thank you for coming along with me.

Don't mention it. I had been wanting to take a trip to the book store myself, as it turns out.

Hmm?

What's up?

Did you hear something just now? Over in this direction…

[Fade in/out.]

Found it. So that's where the noise came from.

You must be freezing after getting soaked in the rain…but you'll be all right now.

Is it a stray cat?

It appears so.

What do we do now? Could we keep her at school? Maybe someone could look after her, like with Fishpuff.

…Let's take her back to the school for the time being. She'll freeze stiff if we leave her like this.

We'll have to consider what's to be done about her after that, though. We should seek out whatever course will best lead this little one to happiness.

There should be some of Fishpuff's cat food in the clubroom.

That's right. There are towels and blankets too.

Great. I do not trust myself to take especially good care of a kitten… How about you, Shizuku?

Well… I don't think it'd be impossible for me to do it, but we'd better call Rina.

Yes. It would be a relief to have her here.

Fear not, little kitten—a trusty ally is on her way to help. Let's go back to the school now.