"That's kind of a lot to take in."

"They've been here so long?"

"They came here to find a volunteer. Then they left. When the Nemeton was activated again, we came back."

"Volunteer?"

"They told me she wanted me to have it. She wanted me to be stronger." 

"Your sister?"

"The process only works on genetic chimeras. They gave me her heart."

"As a replacement or a spare?"

"I was sick, but I wasn't that sick. Spare."

The squat, brick buildings give way to taller, metal ones.

Is the hideout in one of these?

Not yet, it seems.

They approach the warehouse district.

"Why didn't you offer us this earlier?"

"The plan changed. I'm on plan D, now." 

"What was plan A? Kill me?"

"Undermine your relationships with eveyone else in the pack, convince you your asthma was coming back, get one of them to kill you."

"Smart. Are we almost there?"

"Scott-"

"Later."

"What's your goal?"

"They promised me a pack. I'm still getting one, but I can do it without them now." 

"Remember that my offer of a grapefruit stands."

"How are you getting a pack?"

"The same formula they use to live as long as they do, they were planning on bringing people back. The chimeras are sick, they're dying, but they'll come back healthy." 

"They have a convenient, working method of resurrection?"

"We hadn't tested it out yet, but it'll work."