and you're to tell him nothing personal

Lecter was amused at the shock of the two; Jinx was fierce and beautiful — and much younger than himself. He recalled fondly the ferocious bundle of sinew and soft fur she had been when he took her beneath his tutelage, though there was not a reason for Cara and Kaname to know such things. "I know not her reasons, or perhaps I would share them," he told them with a wry, twisted smile. "We have a long history," the shaman said vaguely, before his attention turned to Cara.

"Outrider." The title was unfamiliar but he figured out the basic premise. "Perhaps your budding skills could be put to use tracking the comings and goings of Majesty's feckless little band. With the Horizon Ridge wolves there to contend with, they may not pose a direct threat to us, but any prey taken from our borders is meat stolen from our mouths."