"I wouldn't know enough about them to say," he answers, smoothing his mouth open at the corner with a sweep of his tongue. As must seem common to their interactions, his brows find a somewhat permanent place higher on his forehead: Danny's attitude so often confuses him. "They came out of a rocky outcrop beneath a tree, water running through it. They attacked me and Miss Carter."

Whether or not they venture further out, he has no immediate need to find out. "I think if the outdoors aren't something you're used to, you should venture out cautiously, and not alone."