Because he had gone to bed too late, it was already nine o'clock on saturday morning when Shade woke up again. A full six hours of sleep left him feeling refreshed. The cat, which had only eaten the cat food Shade had prepared before bed and had not gotten any goat milk, was deeply dissatisfied with Shade's "sloth."
So much so that, as Shade took it to collect the photos from last time at the photography studio and then mailed them to Miss Goode at the post office, the cat ignored him the whole way.
But once Shade took it into a restaurant, Little Mia seemed to immediately forget her displeasure over breakfast. By the time Shade brought it to Doctor Schneider's Clinic, the cat had returned to its usual self, energetically standing on Shade's shoulder and looking around.
Though everyone had gone to bed late last night, Priest Augustus was somehow as energetic as Mia. Doctor Schneider, on the other hand, seemed to be in poor spirits, yawning constantly while waiting for all the group members to arrive.
As he wiped his pipe, Priest Augustus teased the Doctor about his rich nightlife, but the Doctor had not been enjoying himself:
"In a few weeks, I have to attend an academic conference on psychology, so I need to write a speech. Demand for psychologists has been high these past few years, and the field is booming. Some people want to establish an international professional guild for psychologists, and supposedly they'll propose it during this conference."
Doctor Schneider complained about matters that did not interest him in the slightest, then asked why Shade had not rested well.
There was nothing about last night's events that could not be discussed, so before Luvia and Dorothy arrived, Shade and the Priest told him