Indeed. They take from villages in the surrounding area. The young or the old, none are spared.

[ His own point of view towards the Finding is obvious, when he says it like that. ]

Perhaps you have the right of it. Predators lack a conscience. A wolf hunts its prey to survive, it takes what it must. A vampire... if one is to believe they are predators, and we humans are prey, then it would indeed explain the brutality I have seen from them. The Blade teaches us that those with strength have a duty to the weak. I understand there are some who use their monstrous strength to the greater benefit... but it seems that for every kindly wolf, there are yet more slavering beasts who see us as lambs for the slaughter.