Because not everything that comes out of the Zone is terrible. There are amazing Artifacts there for anyone that has the skill to find them, things that are like nothing else on all the Earth. [Things that scientists pay a ton for.]

Good. You should be okay then. If you are careful and cautious.

Nah, he is always like that when he hears the word 'food'. [Strelok laughs.] He is a bottomless pit, this pup.