[It is nice having an intelligent woman here like Kiara who is, at the same time, familiar with many of the same concepts as Da Vinci is. But she definitely notices that small undercurrent of "maybe that might be interesting too" when Kiara talks about something unpleasant happening. She's not judging (this time), Kiara, she's just... a little concerned about your safety and the safety of others around you.]

As much as I'd like to avoid another event like that Halloween... I'm sure all of this is building to something.

Based on what happened then, I'd recommend planning to stay indoors on Christmas day. These things might start moving around and eating people, for all we know.

[That statement is going to come back to bite her a little when she finally gets around to examining one more fully...]