"Not always the exact species, no. It's sort of half similarity, half proximity. It's always something close by and something roughly the same, so a plants for plant, or a cat for a dog, or... or a human for human."

So no, Meyer had been in no danger, just now. In all likelihood, he'd have killed one of the houseplants or something of the sort. But it does rather make it clear that when he brought Laura back from the dead a few weeks ago, he killed someone. The implication is there, if Meyer traces the line of logic through to its conclusion.

"It's completely arbitrary, other than that. Don't really have any control over it."