The cat's opening its mouth to speak really startled Shard and Mr. Benhart, and its voice sounded like that of an underage girl.
Mr. Benhart gave Shard a questioning look, asking what was going on, but Shard didn't know either:
"Sorry, so you knew we were here from the very beginning?"
he asked the cat.
"This is the only weird place around here, isn't this what you were looking for?"
The cat raised its head and looked up at Shard as it spoke.
"So you actually have nothing to do with this place? You're not a victim here, and you're not an accomplice of these people?"
The cat licked its paw:
"When my corpse entered the sewers, you probably hadn't even been born, and the person beside you was probably not even twenty. I only know about this place; I have nothing to do with them. You're very capable people, you should be able to help me, so I led you here. Now can you help me? Let's set off right away."
Shard exchanged another glance with the Vampire Viscount:
