I will admit that I have felt strange each time we have returned to the house. Dane seems especially watchful and growls at the doors even when nothing is there. Is it as bad in the city as it is here in the woods?

[Elissa exhales and glances sidelong toward the front door.]

I had hoped to obtain some fresh meat to supplement our dinner, but now I am thinking twould be prudent not to go out. [Her large dog can be heard growling in the background.] Kozmotis' absence has me worried and this place is quite empty with only myself and Dane within it.