Kevin is going on with his day. By now he really doesn’t feel that there’s anything he can do to save Roger, the beautiful kitten that came into his life that seems like it’s going out of his life just as quickly as it came in.
Early in the evening, Kevin finds a baby bat. When he brings his finger close, the baby bat clings onto his fingertip. Immediately Kevin realizes that this is something one doesn’t find every day, so he decides to take it to his studio to photograph it.
At the studio he gets a fright – as Majoor and him enters, there’s no meowing of a kitten. Is this it; has Roger finally left this life?
But no, Majoor soon finds Roger. Roger just found himself a new hiding place, and it takes a while for him to get himself out again.
As expected, a quick glance at the milk, water and food shows that Roger hasn’t eaten anything on his own. Kevin just gives the chicken bone to Majoor, before it would start to rot.
Roger is clearly more anxious though. He must be very hungry by now.
Kevin photographs the small baby bat on his finger, in the photography section of his studio, where he is joined by Majoor, and Roger following the latter quite audibly.
Kevin looks at the poor cat. Instead of learning to drink by itself, it’s clearly rather going to starve. Kevin picks it up and takes a few photographs of it for posterity. Seeing the kitten’s face from so close up, Kevin realizes how beautiful it really is. How can he help it survive? Is there really no way?
Then he remembers something…
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