Hvit lay next to his smaller companion, morbidly amused at her appetite. He'd normally have laughed, or chuckled at the least, but he was not in the mood for humour.
"Humans are destructive little apes, with minds too devious and clever for their own good," he told her, "And I don't think they just wanted to hurt you. I think they wanted you alive."if they wanted you dead, they'd have harpooned you in the throat, the head, or the shoulder. They'd have started stabbing you once the net was down. No, they wanted you alive."