[ His first thought, admittedly and perhaps uncharitably, is that maybe he underestimated how crazy this guy actually is. He toes his way around a skeleton carefully, respectfully — considering a reply as he does. What's that Lasso dude say, be curious, not judgmental? Yeah, well.

But by that same stroke, if he were to tell someone he's a Shifter, that he's been hunted for it, that there's a witch who can call the dead who's been after his family for generations, they'd think he was crazy too. So, maybe he can manage curious. ]

Huh. [ That's it, the sum of his response to the hungry dead. ] Be a lot nicer if we had a couple rib-eye now and then.

[ Actually not untrue — expired MREs leave a lot to be desired in the flavour department. ]

Whole time I was in Iraq, all I could think about was carne asada.