"It was special," he agrees, synonym for shitshow. "We ran low on water for a while. Blood in abundance, don't ask me how, no one's ever seen where they get it from." John can guess where they get it from, but the tentacle pit isn't really a first-day topic.

"I can draw water from plasma, but, you know." He makes a wiggly-fingers gesture with one hand, to convey goopy. "It's not glamorous."