Bearclaw Valley why does tragedy exist?

at the stranger's confirmation and explanation newt makes a noncommittal noise in his throat. it does make sense ...so why does he feel at so unease all the sudden? was it his own realization that he could not escape here when things became too overwhelming to him in easthollow? or was it something else? newt doesn't waste the focus to try to figure it out; at least not right that moment. another question is posed and for a moment newt feels the rising want to get prickly; born of his desire to protect his home.

but lying doesn't seem like a viable option. not when his coat is saturated with the scents of easthollow that lay right next door to the valley. the other male would be to be nose blind to not know of easthollow's neighboring presence. yes. but that simple grunt of a word is all he feels inclined to speak on the matter.