He wonders why something that will stop ghosts isn't lingered on. Does it have to do with the Vice too? Is there something they can do in the future? But he's not going to ask extra questions of a shepherd. Even one that isn't in a rush to hurt people who use the Vice.

"Ever since I came here," he says, looking around. "I just... I don't want them to go hungry so I prepare. When people come through town they put their horses up for lodging so that pays, then when animals are ill I tend to them and often get things in trade in return. It's not a glamorous life, but I like it."

And Farogil makes his life a little more glamorous, with the embroidery and fancy clothing that Detlef adores but can't afford.