I can only assume that girl you slept with was the cat. Looked like it had a good time.
On the subject of CHECK EVERYTHING: I remember back in the day when my friend was introducing me to more RPGs (once Final Fantasy 7 and Mario RPG showed me what they were) and he was annoyed that I checked everything. He was like "How do you even get through the game like this?" YOU NEVER KNOW MAN. I've found really powerful swords randomly next to king's thrones with little to no evidence of there being a reason to check.
Nowadays I kinda hate it when I check a random dresser and I find something. 'Cause then all bets are off - I have to check EVERYTHING. Back in the day it was exciting, but now it's just a time consuming runabout while I rummage through the belongings of the world's inhabitants.