He keeps his eyes on her even as he accepts that skewer and starts pulling berries out of it without even thinking. Then he’s staring off into the direction she’s pointing as he hands a berry over to Maggie instead, quite forgetting his hunger in light of further intel as to their location.

Finally, he looks down at Maggie, suddenly feeling a pang for what this could mean.

“I’m not sure if we should take them into the city.” Magnolia immediately looks up. Ren looks away from it guiltily, and tries to press on:

“There’s probably some protocol about bringing the wildlife in, and—”