It had been almost a month. When Angor finally saw his professor again, the gentleman was enjoying the sunlight on an armchair near a window with his legs crossed.
Sunders' clean and tidy suit didn't look much different from what he usually had. The same went for that pair of black leather boots, white gloves with lace trimmings, a traditional top-hat, and a short walking cane.
But Angor noticed something wrong as he approached his professor.
Sunders had his hat worn in an uncomfortably weird way that the brim completely hid his eyes, and Angor could only see the man's nose bridge and what was below. And when Angor got close enough, he saw a single strand suspended beside Sunders' ear.
He thought it was the chain on Sunders' monocle, but then he realized that the strand appeared to be too dark, and it wasn't metal.
"I'm here, sir," he said in a small voice.