Those three followed the clue they thought they had found and left the old woman's corpse behind, which seemed quite unscrupulous. Owen Bertram buried the old woman and followed after the trio. Before long, Victor suddenly stuck his head out of Owen's sleeve.
Owen's sleeves were wide, and as soon as Victor's head appeared, it was covered. He cried out and shook vigorously to stick his head out again. Elder Brother was somewhat puzzled: Why did you come out?
Victor had been very comfortable in Joseph Gourd's Divine River lately, not needing to find his own food, with Elder Brother delivering meals to him. Given his nature, he would stay put if he could.
Brother raised his head and pointed his two pale golden whiskers at the three people ahead, expressing a very clear thought to Big Brother: I want to eat!