"They get back up here." He says, words short as he draws his blade again, but his new friend has this under control. The shadow falls back, although Jacob can see that there are others. He wishes they could knock them down and keep them down.

"Back home, if something was dead, that was it. Bury it, move on. Here, they get back up again and they form armies. There are undead kings, or lieges, gods? I'm not sure. But they're leading some of these undead in attacking the living. And we're stuck here, in the middle, trying to find... things to take us home."

It's very much the short of it, but as another shadow moves towards them and Jacob goes to meet it, using the short sword to distract it before using the Hidden Blade at his wrist to, for a short while, put it down.