Hoping for Vegetarian Robbers

or at least non-Cannibal ones.

Scene: Me, working to upload kids music for M to take on trip; Big Daddy, in kitchen (next room) getting dinner ready; M wandering between.

M (to Big Daddy): Did you know there are other states where there are robbers who kill people?

BD: Yes, there are.

A few minutes later, to me:

M: Mom, did you know there are robbers who sometimes kill people?

Me: Yes, honey, unfortunately that's true.

M: Why?

Me: I don't know.

M: I think robbers want to kill us for our meat.

Me: Okay.

M (returning to kitchen): Dad, do we have meat?

BD: What do you mean?

M: Like animals, do we have meat?

BD: Yes

M: Oh. I think robbers want to kill us for our meat.

BD: No, robbers usually want things, not meat.

M: No, they want our meat.