They were dead. [ She says it softly, and she feels a fresh wave of tears in her eyes. ] Someone was in the middle of butchering them.

[ She swallows thickly, words spilling out quickly in a little flurry. ]

Like I'm not stupid, I'm... I'm not dumb. I know food comes from somewhere and we butcher animals to eat them but— but I saw them, and I thought about my bunny, Alice, and I really miss her and she's probably so worried without me and I don't know who's looking after her right now— [ Max, maybe? Surely Max would be looking after her if Kate had gone missing. ] and I just... I can't look at them like that, like they're food.