"Well, I want to know what on Earth he was thinking. I mean, ol' Norris said it was a terrible idea. Why didn't we listen to him is what I wanna know."

"I guess you're right that it coulda been worse. Like the guy where you came from who killed his campmate and ate him." Kinner shudders. He would not want to be in that position. His killer being human would have been even worse.

He figures there are a few more folks who got killed by the Thing. Maybe he'll bump into them eventually.

"The name's Kinner. I'm pretty new here myself, though I'm glad I wound up here. I'm guessin' they take cooks where you came from."