“Come on, little one! Come to me! I know you can’t have gone far…”

Retsarra, recently retired from the Ascension Arcadia, was desperately searching every nook and cranny.

He turned with a strickened look, ears folded back with worry.

“You haven’t seen a small kitten anywhere nearby, have you? I’ve been helping take care of them for a friend, and if anything were to happen to any of them… I would never forgive myself.”