Well, well..... Can you really just will yourself not to say anything, if you're trying hard enough? Maybe those things are some sort of direbeasts with a cursed bite, instead of normal animals.

[It makes no sense, if he's honest. A human is dozens, maybe hundreds of times more than one of those rabbits could possibly eat, and they don't seem to hunt in packs. And forcing someone to tell the truth doesn't seem to be conducive to keeping someone still enough to drink their blood, if that's what they feed on.

Is there some hidden danger here they're not seeing yet? Some long-delayed symptoms, if it's actually venom and not a curse? Is the point to freeze their victim in emotional distress, or for one scout to lock multiple people in turmoil so the whole colony can descend on all of them and drain them dry? That's not something any of them need to worry about, as long as they stay inside. The more he's watching Kalim, though, the longer they're going without any other symptoms becoming apparent.....]