He stared down for a couple seconds at where she poked his black chest, then looked back at her.  A couple seconds went by before the realization hit.  "So, that's why he....  Idiot!....", he muttered to himself.  "I tried to find directions in a town last week.  A short, old man was the only one to speak up, telling me to go toward the mountains.  He must have thought I was there to eat everybody."