Kyouma had been staring at Mira's sleeping face, listening to her soft, purring snores. Mira's lips were slightly parted and her bangs covered both eyes. He was still impressed at how realistic her standby mode was. It was like she really was sleeping as deeply as a human.

"Hey, come in here and take a look at this." Albert called into the hall from his office.

Yawning, Kyouma obeyed. Allowing himself to be dragged into the cramped space by a vibrant Mira.

"What, no hello?" Kyouma asked, strolling into the cramped space. Per usual, Albert was hunched over his desk with his back to the door. It seemed like the man had no use for the comfy recliner sitting across from him.

Albert stopped inspecting the papers on his desk and turned to glare. "Would it hurt you to help every once in a while?"

Kyouma shrugged. "It might."

Albert threw another glare Kyouma's way at the reply. "Well excuse me for insinuating that you would want to aid me in our shared career. Thought you'd be estatic to hear I found us a case."

"Hmm?" Kyouma leaned forward, eagerly scanning the page that Albert had in his hand. He was up for anything that would distract him from the thoughts coursing through his head.

"So, how does this involve us?" Mira said, scanning the papers. "It's under Federal authority according to this. So why do you have us investigating?"

"Agreed." Kyouma said. He picked up another file. "Seems pointless to involve so many with something so inconsequential."

"You're a dog Kyouma, you should know that by now." Albert replied. "You do what we need done."

Mira gave a look of discomfort at being called a dog.

"Yeah, okay. But what I meant, is that this case says it is for higher clearance personnel only. Like you said, I'm just a dog, not a person of importance. You lot don't even let me leave this place without a babysitter."

"Cases marked with higher rankings are allowed to be looked upon by dogs too, if deemed necessary by a ranking officer."

"But this case doesn't give any clear details. And what's more, it's not just one file. There's multiple different occurances here." Mira said, as Kyouma skimmed more of the report. "Would you mind explaining more of our purpose in this?"

Albert sighed before sitting on the desk's edge. "If it means we can get on with this.'

'So, as you can read in the main report before you. A girl disappeared from the slums on the outer edge of town. Nothing new. Happens all the time. Most of these are of the same thing."

"Agreed. There's no reason to call us in." Kyouma nodded. "For all we know she could have run away from home or took an unexpected vacation without telling anyone."

Shaking his head, Albert sighed with frustration, "All the same, your services have been requested by the Government's Police Force. The family of the one detailed before you is expecting you."

Kyouma raised an eyebrow. "Me?" He was still scrolling skeptically through the paperwork, doubtful that this job will be as easy as posting missing posters on milk cartons.

Albert strolled to the door and reached to close it. However as he did so, a lone laminate paper dropped onto the floor at Kyouma's feet. He continued on without turning around. "The GPF insist that it is just a show of goodwill and interagency cooperation. So don't go off and do anything stupid."

He closed the door behind him.

"That was weird." Mira muttered. "But it is good to hear that all these companies are working together for the greater good."

"Don't be stupid," Kyouma said, motioning towards the paper he picked up.

"What's that?"

"Our dear friend Albert deserves more credit than I give him." He pointed to a part near the center.

Mira leaned over and grabbed the paper from Kyouma. Then arched her eyes skeptically at him. "Really? A killer cat? What, did something escape from the zoo?"

Kyouma sighed and flipped the paper over.

Mira stared at the sentence. "She's sure that's what she heard?"

"Only one way to find out." Kyouma grinned. He grabbed his jacket and was halfway down the hallway before Mira could react.