"Where I'm from deer was served in fancy restaurants and called venison." Of course, it was like that in any big city. Humbler foods repackaged and overpriced for a fussy clientele most of whom would blanch if they saw an animal on a spit. "Most people in the city didn't think of meat as coming from a farm, never mind hunting."

"I'm glad you came," Elena says sincerely. She misses this, she misses her pack and having people she knows around all the time. It's not the same but it is the best she'll get here. "It's good to have people out here."