"We were locked in too. And I had not seen any bodies in the snow yesterday, though I did not manage to survey the entire town as we are doing now." It's encouraging at least although Doc knew that people in the house, for whatever unfathomable reason, were definitely trying to break out and go into the blizzard.

"And what about our mysterious captors? Do you think they were able to seize the opportunity to do something to the town? Did they orchestrate the blizzard or were they foiled by it?" Whether or not Doc believes in Malcolm's theory, he knows Malcolm is always working away at a few ideas simultaneously in his head. He does not mind indulging in one or two from time to time.