You know, after I thought about it for a bit, I started to wonder about Shirlee's conclusion (shared, apparently, by the Timekeepers) that Karostropov has lost his marbles by killing his fellow noncorporeals. True, this does make him the last of his kind, but there might have been method in his madness... namely, the situation that Shirlee has pointed out. If the Timekeepers are so wrapped up in catching him that they cannot aid their Mouse Of Time Corps, that leaves the corps vulnerable! Could that be his plan all along? O_O
The mouse of the 3Cats1Mouse group shares the ability if the felines to come up with intriguing ideas...