"They're smart too, but I needed one to be big so it could survive being fed off of on a semi-regular basis. When it was hard to keep a living human, not to mention dangerous. While the Black Death wouldn't kill me, it wouldn't have been a fun time either." She tossed the phone back onto the pile of clothes. "It's also why they could dig people out of snow drifts that were feet deep. Their fur kept them safe from the cold and from wolves."
Bryn tilted her head slightly. "Are they still around in your time?"