[There was a kind of niceness to flowing so easily into another world. Adaptability had always been key to survival. It was just a matter of how much did that adaptability put you in the hands of others? What defined a community? Ethan had his community defined for him, time and time again. He wasn't about to say that any two Infected were going to get along- nah, that was stupid- but there was something unifying about it.]

[It made the idea of a reunion pretty nice.]

[He turns back to the table to stretch his arms out over it. He'd said it before but the food was probably enough to get his trust for now. he had the luxury of time to think. He'd use it.]

Kibbin? [Wrong by a mile. Wrong by several miles.] You said something like that before, right? What's that? You don't seem like the type to call me an insult behind my back so is it some other sorta thing?