Aldric stares at the gun before nodding slowly, though there's an ugly gash across his forehead, blood dripping down the side of his face.

"I- that thing... it fled into the woods, but not before it bit me a few times. But- it's me. I just... Lords, Livio, I shot the damn thing and I still don't-" he stops, running a hand through his hair, a wide-eyed and haunted look in his eyes. "That couldn't have been real..."