While you were trying to find a way to the Leg of the nearby iterator, you had realized that the path was blocked off... Feeling as if your time was wasted, you had headed back towards your den, to find... Something odd.

Another slugcat had been standing in a place where all your stuff had been, scattered around was the remains of your small retreat.

Now lacking all your stored gear, and a ransacked shelter, you are forced to interact with this slugcat.