Could it really be that eating the mutant beasts helped one recover faster? I thought back to the first time I had eaten the flesh of one of these goddamned creatures. It had been during the welcome feast, and I remembered that the tribe's elders had carved up the hams of some massive beast in order to feed my group. Eating those tender, roasted slices of meat had made me feel just like I had eaten a Fig of Vigor, although meat had to be the furthest thing from fruit one could get. Perhaps there was some truth to what Jack was saying.
"If we eat these mutant beasts, we usually recover faster. Those who are sick get well more quickly, too," Jack rasped. "There's some sort of incredible power to them, and eating the great ape killed by the chieftain healed half the warriors who sustained in
