In books, that's when the Wise Elder tends to jump in and offer all sorts of suggestions. Detlef is disappointed that once again life isn't going to work like his books. At least he knows Lance is safe, so to speak. The Shepherds haven't come for him.

When he speaks, his voice is very quiet. "I want to be a good person. I pray, I believe, I do what I can for my neighbors and I don't know why that means I should stand by and let animals die or suffer when I can help them. I don't want to do the wrong thing. And I don't know that wrong and bad are... are what I've been taught."