Claude had seen a lot of gruesome things both inside and outside of Landel's, but even he couldn't have been prepared for the sight of that monster swallowing a human limb. He fell into a heavy silence, any thoughts of trying to subdue the creature lost as he struggled to swallow the bile threatening to rise at the back of his throat.

Not trusting himself to speak, his grip tightened on his sword. As horrifying as that was, they couldn't afford to just stand around. What if he or Anise turned into...that? The thought scared him more than he wanted to admit. One of them could easily hurt other patients, like Guy, and--

Letting himself spiral into that train of thought wasn't going to do him any favors, he reminded himself.

"I...don't know," he hoarsely answered Anise after a moment, "but we can't let it happen to anyone else."