"As long as we're only competing with them for food and not on the menu ourselves." She knows enough to be aware of what kind of difference it can make.

"But now that I've said it, I wouldn't be surprised if man-eating bears or something like that do show up later." Between the luck she's used to and the sheer inevitability of something like that if this is going to turn out as hard as this whole adventure sounds like it will be.