Oh, yes. [She hadn't thought of that. The poor creature.] That's fortunate, for both of your sakes.

It is strange. Especially cut off for this long, you would expect the populations to balance themselves. [There should not still be this many ill or starving wolves.]

[This is a bit of a delicate question, but…] Your… friend. Is he affected by the Darkwalker when it comes? That terror?