You have a point there; it's possible that whatever changes happened to the corpses left behind there are a result of having been dead for a long time.

[But... Hmm.]

If it comes down to that - that we'll need to kill them, that is - then I'm sure some of us will be able to handle it.

[Most of them won't, in his esteemed opinion. But he can definitely pick out a few who will when push comes to shove.]

Try not to worry about it too much now, ja? There's no telling what will happen until we get there.