[stoichornet]

That was some interesting news and made a surprising amount of sense, considering. "So that's why you're allied with...him." Zero was pretty terrifying; he seemed to have access to a level of technology and mad science unlike that anywhere else he'd seen here. "If I may ask, was that original gene a natural mutation or something you guys did artificially before you lost your tech?...professional interest, although I'm in marine and not avian biology." He smiled weakly, bit into the shrimp, and wished he hadn't; Simon returned to trying to cook the thing to more acceptable levels.