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"Good to know," was Birk's respones to Eljay's not overly elaborate tale about his siblings. He had an inkling that the boy was uneasy talking about them, but he brushed it away as a stupid idea. After all, what could he say about his siblings? Not even a full sentence without getting rather rude. And he was pretty sure, that if they were asked the same question, they would not have high opinion of their useless vagabond brother either. 

"I mean, they must be better than mine," he continued with a hint of humor in his voice. "They have not tried to eat you in the dead of winter? Mine did."