Nick certainly knew about Traditional Chinese Medicine. He could not claim to understand it very well-after all, he did not really understand ideas like Yin-Yang-but he was from Cyrus. Who there had not taken a few courses of herbal medicine growing up?
Sure enough, Frank Rabe continued, "In Eastern herbal medicine, many animal organs and parts, such as bear gallbladders and rhinoceros horns, can be used medicinally.
"This may sound a little hard to understand, but Vultures are something like herbal specialists among Wesen. You know they're cruel by nature and once enjoyed feeding on human organs, right?"
Nick nodded slightly. Before coming here, he had made a special trip home to consult his books and do some homework.
"Yes, I read about them. Vultures are adept at moving through the woods. It's an innate ability. They often launch silent attacks from the trees, using their claws to strike people passing beneath them.
"But they don't kill their victims immediately. Instead, they delight in cutting people open alive and removing their fresh organs to eat. They thoroughly enjoy the process. But I don't see what that has to do with a 'deal.'"
"Your ancestors' journals are quite detailed."
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The Bear Wesen lawyer's expression suddenly became quite a sight, somewhere between smugness and fear. He leaned forward and lowered his voice.
"Then allow me to explain. In fact, Vultures today abandoned the custom of eating organs from living victims long ago. They've switched to something more commercialized. Do you understand what I mean?"
"By commercialized, you don't mean they turn human organs into medicine and sell it to other Wesen, do you?" Nick suddenly understood why Frank Rabe had been so eager to distance himself from Vultures earlier.
"Yes, exactly." The Bear Wesen lawyer nodded repeatedly and said with a