“Alright, but… you stay a little behind me,” Daniel said to the older man. He had no inkling of connections to the Council and, besides mild bewilderment over the man’s knowledge on the subject at hand (which he had no time to scrutinize), no reason to believe he wasn’t an ordinary person. “I’m stronger than I look.” Plus, he wouldn’t bleed to death if bitten.

He looked to Mike. “You got any towels? Something to wrap around our forearms in case we have to defend ourselves?”