[Funkduder]

Quintus looked back at the garbage can, but Ciaran was no longer there. "He must have gone into the shop then," he thought, dismissing him from his mind. Quintus then approached Mirri, who was near the open window inside. "It seems that we're going to have to deal with alley cats until we can get the window closed again," he said to her.
When Quintus opened the window to try to save the Calico cat, the bar that was jammed in the gap of the slightly open window disappeared, and even if it were to be recovered again, the window wouldn't close the same way it was opened unless they could reach the very top of the window, which they could not.