In the wake of learning that Jeremy Bradford was the foster father of her lord, Joe Kassandra, the Chieftess's attitude had changed 180 degrees.
Then she bombarded him with a barrage of questions, bloviating, while Jeremy responded to everything as much as he could as he had fancied the lady.
"Yo, have you two forgotten I'm also present here?" Jo Moriah jumped into their conversation. Then he asked, "Chieftess Kassandra since we have arrived here, we have seen no adult males in the village. Did you, ladies and children, live here alone, deep in this forest and the wilderness?"
"Oh, you don't need to worry about that. This time of the year, every male over the age of 12 would go out hunting for a month and would come back with the meat for the entire winter season." Chieftess Kassandra responded.