Horvath has lived for over a millennia. Waiting half an hour for the boy to eat doesn't bother him. "I'm afraid not," He answers slowly, when Peter has gathered his thoughts enough to ask the question. Frowning, the older man looks away. "I fear that the being who caused that may still be out there, but it would waste our limited resources to go hunting after such a thing."

Besides which, if it does hunt people, then it would already be on the edges of their little claim to civilization, since that's where all the potential prey is.