Alloran moves his borrowed shoulder in an awkward shrug. "So do we. It's only that being fed takes so much effort for you, and yet several of your cultures, at least, put little value on it - making it more difficult for those who do it."

He cracks an uneven smile. <I would bet that he'll be holed up somewhere safe. Find out where he sleeps. There would have to be a way to use that information.>

"They never let me forget how I left a doll in the therant glade when we moved on and cried about it for months... well. We did and do change our world, we made it better to roam. Even city dwellers only actually live in cities for part of the year. It takes training to adjust to that kind of crowding."