"No," came a nasally voice somewhere in the vicinity of Alya's ankles. "This seems to be purely accidental."

Should she look down it would appear to be some kind of... animal. Probably a cat. A very fat cat with a huge head and waddling along on stumpy little legs.

He looked up at her with his smug face. "But that's beside the point. Have you seen a gloomy human around here by the name of Natsume?"