"I don't, either. If it's demonic, it's not like any demon activity I've ever seen." He wasn't sure they could make the assumption that it was. Many things in this place were different from home. This could have had any number of causes that had nothing to do with possession. He hesitated, deciding that sharing this information was more important than clamming up about what happened. "Some of them have magic. They're not completely mindless."

He nodded, feeling a small stab of guilt that he hadn't spared a second thought to the mabari. He was too focused on the people he wanted to find. "I'm glad he's well, even if he may be petulant with you when all is said and done for being left out. The last I saw of the clinic they were holding their own."

He gave the suggestion some thought and nodded again. "It can't hurt to check. There may be others there who need help, too."