He gnawed on the second pig's ear, considering the question as he did so. He swallowed it, then darted over to her, sniffing the bags. "I hadn't eaten in..." How long had it been? Some part of him said that was ridiculous, that he'd eaten just the day before. But that didn't sound right. He'd been wandering the forest, looking for errant children, prepared to stoop to carrion if he had to, getting desperate. "Seven days, maybe." His nose bumped against the bag, and he looked up at her. "Before the steak," he added.
"I eat as much as I can," he said. Again, a basic fact that anyone should understand.