Varcola Arnfried's Journal Gilpaen 30th Later: The Most Abhorrent of Creatures

Later

Curses! That devilish Baroness has now left me not in the company of a bat, but she and her manservant have left a cat with glimmering scarlet eyes, dark in colouring. It was to set itself upon my trail and slip into every room whithersoever I went, regardless of my sentiments. Though, I could not know for certain whether or not she was behind this cat, one had only to look upon it to feel uneasy.

There was something unsettling in the intelligence behind its gaze, or something of cruelty when it let loose a small chortle it seemed when I hit my toe on the corner of one wall. The animal though was thankfully far easier to keep out of certain rooms, when the desire struck by simply closing the door as it was nowhere near as swift as the bat was.

The only difficulty lay in that at every opportunity, it tended to go fetch Klove who was to hurry hither to help it in the opening of the door and thus enter the room I was at times in. This was a great source of frustration.

Vexed I am currently in search of a means of escape, yet have not had much reason for hope. At present I am in my chambers once more, writing down notes as the cat hurries down the steps to go find Klove once more.