This somehow had him feeling surrounded with the animals making odd sounds, even if he decidedly wasn't. And when their master hushed them, Hendrik still felt as if he should have some sort of weapon in hand.

However, all he had was a dead rabbit and that was all that would be appearing.

"Was." Hendrik echoed. What did that mean? He noted the word and how it was stated. So..

"But you still must be, if you are surrounded with other hunters." Meaning his animal 'friends'.