Er....[That is a damn good question.] ...Well, we...had to cross the river, and they'd chased off the ferryman. [This guy doesn't seem like he'd accept the basic concept of demons no matter what Walter said about it, so why even bother starting there?]

But these are normal horses? As in the cart-pulling kind? [He just needs to confirm this. Walter isn't the kind to cling to disbelief, but he still thinks that sounds bizarre and unsettling.]