If it were a secret that Chara loves cats, it's probably not now. They spot the Duchess in the gardens on their daily trip to the fountain for water, and immediately change course towards her.

They stop a distance away, and hold out a hand, carefully avoiding direct eye contact but blinking slowly on the glances to see if she's still there. There's an etiquette to these things, they've found; let the cat come to you if they want. Picking one up and squeezing it resulted in a very sharp lesson about that, once.

"Here puss, puss."

*Here kitty!