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The 'arrogant Cait' had, indeed, sent for him. In fact, Feles had been so startled by the intrusion into his quarters that he'd spilled the inkwell he'd been working from as he scribed texts for Aranea. The pure white cat now had black hands, and was growling under his breath as he tried to wipe away the offending liquid from his skin on his way to Nox's chambers. The aggravation helped alleviate his inherent fear of the woman... at least until he knocked upon her door.

That's when his anxiety came back and he took a deep breath before pushing the door open. He could only hope that this summons wasn't through any fault of his own. Once inside, he bowed deeply to her, only lifting his gaze to her once he'd straightened up once more. "Your Majesty..." he said in greeting, using every ounce of his will to keep his tail from betraying his state of uneasiness.

His ears flattened slightly, and the cat shot back a reply before he'd even thought about it. "No, someone replaced the normal messenger with some little furred creature that took great pleasure in startling the life from me by banging both back legs against my door as hard as possible." If he ever found that Cait again, he'd shave the little wretch.

"You wished to see me, Your Majesty?" Best to get back on the subject of things before he wound up shoving his own foot into his mouth.

"More closely resemble..." Feles frowned then, his nervousness forgotten as his mind started to work. "I've read something, I know... about growing closer to a totem creature. But I was researching other things, so I paid it little mind. I'll find the text again and see what it tells me..." He looked up then, fixing her with his gaze.

"I may need to speak with that creature again. If she knows what happened, or was witness to it, her memories may be useful. I'd also recommend speaking to your Kithain." The last word was spit out... it was apparent that Feles didn't hold their human descendants in high regard in the slightest. "Don't you share her with the Sun Court King?"

"Your Kithain may have information we need," he answered softly... but he didn't dare press the issue any more. "Perhaps my own Kithain could prove to be some use in this. He is apparently her friend in their home realm. I'll see what I can arrange without rousing suspicion."

FINALLY, however, his mind had something to wrap around. The tomes of knowledge in the library would have to have some record of this transformation. Surely the Sun Court weren't the only ones that could accomplish this. "I will start immediately, Majesty," he murmured, his eyes already taking on that 'far away' expression as he tried to sort through the books he knew in his mind, and determine which would be useless. "I will require access to all areas of the Castle. There is always the chance that this information was 'written down' before the books... possibly on carvings and such in the older areas. I plan to search everywhere."

Feles bristled slightly at the order, but simply nodded in reply. Now he was expected to be a babysitter as well? Wonderful. Their Kithain must be truly inept. "I shall inform Aranea of your desire to speak to her, if you wish."

This news of the forest and the creatures within struck him oddly, though. Too many things were changing all at once, it couldn't be a complete coincidence... even though winter was supposed to know the rule of the Moon Court, it seemed that things weren't right in this time of cold. "I'll also see if there are any records of this strangeness in the past."

The cat's ears pinned back, but he didn't argue. Instead, he bowed to her once more, his hand clasped tightly to the stick he used to help him walk, and he made his way out the door as gracefully as he could manage. Only when he was out in the hall with the door safely closed behind him did he begin to mutter under his breath, claws digging deeply into the top of the wooden stick with each step he took.