Kimat opened his eyes and saw a very familiar place which is the place where a lot of his kind are present. He was in a cage and was picked by an adventurer just like his master now, but this master was not friendly. The first master that picked him only showed some form of compassion when Kimat manages to defeat monsters.
He also does not have any bonding time despite Kimat circling around his feet and cuddling it. All Kimat received was a kick on the body, but he tolerated it as his master might warm up to him eventually. Kimat was a normal monster cat back then and was mostly using physical attacks to deal damage.
When Kimat became somewhat of an adolescent monster cat, he thought that his first master would be happy that he was growing well but he was not. The first master that he had was always grumpy and mad that the other soulbounds were not performing well. Kimat performed rather well but his good performance was not enough to please the first master.