re: #1 jaunte

Doesn’t sound as if she read Perdue’s story.

The rest of that last paragraph:

“They don’t know where he is, and they’re going to be edgy and jumpy,” she said. “Don’t get in their way. They’re in a special state of consciousness right now, and they’re not used to being hunted.”

“Special state of consciousness”? I’d call it OD’d on adrenaline, possibly out of their minds. I hope they’ve calmed down a bit in the last three days.