[The Once-ler sighs, knowing his answer is completely ungood.]

I have no idea. With something that huge...probably just by hiding and crossing our fingers it doesn't find us here.

[He halts his knitting so he can rub one hand behind his neck.]

I...don't know the first thing about protecting myself at all, let alone from a huge monster.

[He sounds a little ashamed to admit it though, since he's a grown man and all. But it's not like he came from a world where you needed to know these things either.]