"Yeah, but I more meant... not the Japanese, those—the ones who have all that demon blood?" he asked, more than stated. What was the term for that? Roze had mentioned Guardians, but was that a profession or their actual tribe name or something? He really was pretty clueless, try as he might to keep up with the conversation.

With a grimace that said more than he probably knew, Shannon nodded. "Somehow, I think I do follow. Weird as hell and normally the stuff everyone would call you batshit for thinking it was real... but we're in a digital world right now. What happened to the infant?" he asked, voice going low as he contemplated it.