[Ed paused at the question, glancing at the girl carrying the bait as if surprised that she was even talking at all, before turning his focus back to the forest around them, watching for any sign of another one of those creatures approaching as they continued forward. He hadn't found it surprising at all, but hearing her bring it up did make him reconsider his viewpoint.]

Yeah, I guess... I just assumed it might have been made by alchemy- or magic.

[Even after all this time there's a hint of something in that word 'magic' as if the thought of it was ridiculous, despite all the evidence he'd seen of it existing, still stuck in his ways.]

If someone created that thing artificially it could be the only one, unless they were planning an army of them. Either way, if there are more, we'll deal with those when they get here.