Alma and Sen deliver Kyururu to their client, Domestic Dog, who has been waiting a long time to meet a human and takes Kyururu back to a set of human houses. When the others catch up to them and assume Kyururu had found her home, Caracal argues with her and starts making her way back home. Upon learning that a Beast is nearby, Kyururu goes off to try and warn Serval and Caracal, only to come up against the Beast herself. Dog gets injured protecting Kyururu, Serval and Caracal, who had realized her folly, return to fight off the Beast, after which Dog encourages Kyururu to continue travelling with her friends.