"Actually, pigs are nearly ideal to work on, if you can find available ones," she remarked, "Their bodies are surprisingly similar to those of people. Their skin, their organs... Almost just like ours. And not many people question if someone's with the pigs. Though they do laugh sometimes."

"As for Adelaide..." Kallian sighed. "...she already knows. She found me in the crowd. Came up to me. Hope's beacon is a bright one, I suppose. I asked her not to tell anyone. She said she would, but... I don't think she liked hearing that." She glanced up at Detlef. "She said there was a third one... like us... working in the healing tents. Were you the one she meant?"