The ouds's servant, Shuchi, is worried about his master's missing cat, but Shuchi assures him that he's just like the other animals in the village. Shuchi is worried that she's gone far away, but he reassures him that she will come back soon. When Shuchi asks if she hasn't yet come back for dinner, the servant replies that she has, and that he should hurry on to find her. When the servant asks if he can join them in the search, he says that he can't stand around if they want to talk, so he'll just leave them alone. The servant tells Shuchi that he suspects that Shuchi was brought to the fortress by some "unnatural" being