[ He scoops her up, holding her carefully as he inspects her paws. ]

What were you looking for, exactly? There's nothing for you to play with in here. Come on, we've got something out there for you instead. Isn't that . . .

[ Asougi's voice trails off as he looks up and over at Naruhodou, who's now going through his trash — which would be something he'd question severely, except he sees several unfurled wrinkled pieces of paper laying out near him and it all becomes much, much clearer.

Maybe he should have taken out his trash earlier . . . ]