One Hundred-Fifteenth Question

[i_am_ptolemy]

I spent all of yesterday, save the time during which I conversed with various temporary citizens, considering the evidence before me, and I can come to only one conclusion:

Kitty has left the City.

It was presumably an unwilling choice. Not only had she reassured told me on multiple occasions in the past that she had no desire to leave, the

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[natty_boy]

... What?

[i_am_ptolemy]

She has left, Nathaniel.

[natty_boy]

You're mistaken, Ptolemy.

[i_am_ptolemy]

No.

There is no other reasonable conclusion.

[natty_boy]

There are plenty! You cannot simply latch onto the most drastic of reasons for her absence, that's absurd!

[i_am_ptolemy]

To believe otherwise is to accept that she left the flat yesterday morning without making any sort of sound whatsoever, without her coat or shoes, and without leaving a note.

You are as aware as I am that such a thing seems entirely unlikely.

[natty_boy]

I-

It must be a curse. She can't...

[i_am_ptolemy]

Others would have reported similar happenings.

[natty_boy]

"Would have."

[i_am_ptolemy]

Yes. As noted, she has been gone since yesterday.

[natty_boy]

[i_am_ptolemy]

...I am sorry, Nathaniel.

[natty_boy]

I waited too long.

[i_am_ptolemy]

What do you mean?

[natty_boy]

Well, it hardly matters now.

Pardon me for my brevity, sir, but I have matters that need attending to.

[i_am_ptolemy]

...Yes, of course.