Seishin had been about to ask what Demeter could possibly need protecting from (after all she was so very large and powerful looking), when Dr. Ptolemy interrupted and his mind was brought back to focus on the task at hand - namely earning a bit of money. He helped Keeki put on the harness that the Dr had thoughtfully provided for her before collecting his own box. Making sure he had a secure and safe grip on it he followed the Dr and Demeter. Keeki kept pace next to him, no longer feeling the need to be constantly hidden from Dr. Ptolemy - the harness had really impressed her and she felt very proud to be helping Seishin to earn money as she had only planned on accompanying him - but obviously still not completely cured of her shyness.
A while later Seishin recalled that he had been about to ask Demeter something, but for the life of him he couldn't remember what Oh well, I'm sure it will come to me sooner or later he thought to himself.