In the Curtises' meat shop in Dublith, Sig asks Izumi if the Elric boys will be all right on Yock Island by themselves. Izumi responds that this sort of direct experience will serve to teach them alchemy's true nature better than any text, quelling her husband's fears with the assertion that Yock, with its warm climate, bounteous live game and vegetation and lack of wild beasts, is perfectly safe.