"I mean, this is the part where I tell Helen she's Age and Beauty and let her into the kitchen first, so no, you're not an adult." Kira isn't either: he has zero experience with yeti exploration. Zero experience with wendigos too, but at least he has some grasp on what they are, what they do.

The idea of one being here, in this snow laden, closed off space, where people got trapped in their homes and supplies were even more scarce before the first harvests--it makes too much sense.

"Let's not talk about wendigos while we're snowed in, maybe."