The cat was unsure. To try and make friends with him, Chéri raised his glass, as he would do with a friend and then chuckled a little. Chéri nodded. “He knows not to trust people who are just too quick,” he winked and then shook his head “which makes our friendship more unlikely. What do you think, Archimedes, will you make an exception for your Chéri?” He extended an arm towards the cat.

Chéri made a little more room for her and started to look into the book. Chéri could read, of course, but looked at the pictures -granted there were any- with great curiosity.