He pauses and puts a hand on her shoulder, squeezing it gently before going back to putting the deer in the dirt.

"I'm... all right. I... summoned my voidsent avatar." Did he ever tell her? He's pretty sure he didn't... "It can sort of... um. Take me over? And enhance my attacks. But it does sound scary... I suppose I should have thought of that. And don't - don't worry. It doesn't hurt me. As long as I feed it every so often it's content."

It does mean he has to kill wildlife sometimes as well as some Beasts, but... he at least puts what remains to good use where he can.