Merit felt a cool hand on her shoulder as she cried her heart out. Then she heard a voice.<br/>SHe listen to it as it spoke to her. The voice told her things that she should do and they were things that she should have been doing all along. She could only nod because she was afraid to speak. She would find something to do to while away the hours as  she waited for a husband. Pet-Ament would help her father to find a good husband. She would change her ways so that her soul will have a place to rest in the after life.But for now all that Merit wanted was to go to her own bedroom and dream about who her future husband might be.....<br/><br/>Merit somehow found her voice and spoke softly in a whisper.<br/>"I'll heed your words, oh messenger of the gods. I will keep your words in my heart and I will change starting from right now. I shall go to bed and grow up to be the daughter that Mother Hatsu would be proud of. Good night, Pet-Ament. I am sorry to disturb your slumbers."<br/><br/>Merit back out of the room then quickly padded down the halls to her own room and got into her bedto promptly fall asleep<br/><br/>A silky feline heard all and saw all but said nothing.  She stood up and stretched each limb in the way that cats are bound to do when they are quite bored and are ready to move on for better things to do.