Harry was unsure about volunteering for an exploration mission, particularly since he had more than enough to keep busy on the medical front, but he did want to see what the new areas had to offer, and was also wondering if he might find anything that could be repurposed to suit the humanitarian needs of the refugees.

He's relieved to be in the company of two people who he was already acquainted with and who are more physically able than himself: Miss Bennet and Captain Rogers. He tries not to get in their way or to slow their progress by getting distracted by the flora and fauna inhabiting the forest compound, and overall the whole thing seems to be going well.

He puts down the initial glimpses of things and the feelings of unease to his own bad memories. He makes sure to inform his companions of certain details of his story that they may or may not have already known: that he had been a surgeon and naturalist on a mission of exploration that came to grief in the Arctic; that the men had starved and grown desperate; and that he himself had endured hardship and painful decisions toward the end. But he leaves out the worst details, hoping that he won't have to reveal more than that.