"Oh, it's just the timing. My best friend from before, Stephen? He's missing too. I'm really hoping he's just running mazes, but I haven't heard or seen anything official on that."

He said this all casually, lightly, as if it were no big deal, though the fact that he was saying it all betrayed its meaning to him. He looked over at Applejack with a smile, though.

"Do you have werewolves, where you come from?"