In this chapter, ulysses explains that he made a machine gun that turned him into a cat. When he tried to reset the machine, it went wrong, and he became a cat instead. He wants to lick his fur, but he can't find anyone to help him, so he meows. It's Silver Sands, who recognizes him. Silver Sands doesn't mind, because he thinks it's a good idea for a cat to eat, sleep, and destroy furniture every day. What happened to human dignity? It says that ivan has become a cat, and she wants to help her get back into a normal human. Uh-oh. That's right, the cat is infected with ivan's machine gun, so she wants them to go back to the lab to help ivan get her machine back in working order. The cat is all, "Whoa, that sounds like a mad scientist's idea" . What's more, he wants to play with the machine so he can see how soft it is . He also wants to know how he managed to understand all of the numbers on the machine. He knows that if he uses this to help the school dean, he won't be able to do any more homework. He'll just have to feed her canned fish.