Shannon tilted his head toward the waitstaff, then turned toward the plate. His hand began exploring it from the edges to see if he could figure out which was which — when it came to sushi, it tended to be a guessing game, but one he didn't particularly mind. As long as there wasn't anything mindblowingly disgusting on there, he'd live, learn and move on to the next.

"What's an awakened human?" he asked carefully. It was the same term everyone had used in the van. Awakened. Shannon could hardly believe it would mean the same thing, but it did keep him somewhat on edge. He hadn't had enough time to process the whole thing yet, and he kept jumping at damn shadows whenever something pressed his buttons wrong.

"The whos and the whatsits?" Kera asked.