And Billie does wait for him to get to it, only it isn't the explanation for whatever he did. It is what they actually needed to know, so that's good enough.

"Hang on," is the only warning Daud gets before she moves both of them right back over to where the wolf has fallen. She needs to be able to help Shura but she isn't leaving him to his own devices, either. There, she looks Shura's way as she works on tying the beast up.

"If anyone has ideas for cleansing curses, I'm listening."

Because she doesn't do that. The best cure she has would be a sword through the back of the wretched thing's neck.