[ some people would accept that. good to know he's not one of them. ]
Well, we found what was killing them. It was a small parasite that caused them to tear each other apart. We managed to find the parasite and neutralize it, but it was a bit tricky for a while.
[ that's putting it mildly considering she'd been infected with the parasite and threatened will several times until he finally got fed up with her and very nearly killed her to save himself -- on her sane orders, of course. and she had to hand it to him, he'd been creative about it. ]