She threaded the skewers and set them above the coals. One eye turned to watch them - she actually liked hers a little charred - and the other watched Karis. The other woman was a fine fighter, but Anwei had little experience with zombies. She had seen ghosts that could not leave their bodies, but they were glum. Not bright and fierce like Karis.

"Remember XaXing, ten years back? All those people running around asking to buy body parts - and some people did sell. What did they think was going to happen to 'em, eh? Dried and used for jewelry? Or dropped into a support vat and grown into consumables?"

There were a couple of crew members that she wouldn't mind taking a chunk off of, even now.

One skewer was gently steaming, and she raised it and passed it to Karis. "Here you go. Prime human."