Shadow Mountain Night Cafe for lonely cynics

Mahler was indeed looking for food - the same reason Sarah had been drawn to the mountains. Were it in abundance in the lowlands, she would have never set her paw on these treacherous rocks. Now, however, providence saw it fit for her to meet a person, who was on a similar quest. Which saved her the trouble of meaningless small-talk or attempt to be polite and likeable.

"I have observed that, where you are concerned, no food is to be found," she joked dryly, referring to the last time they had met and the duck hunt that had not taken place. Her choice of words had not been very funny and that had not really been her intention either. "Is it just as bad, where you live, as it is down there?" she asked him.