"No, I don't suppose they would. Some clans don't look human. Some others make them look less human as they go along. You're...really new, aren't you? Did anyone tell you what's been going on? Did anyone even tell you, you know, how to survive the way you are now?"

She looks at him worriedly, then swallows and starts gathering up the piles of rolls onto the platter. "It's different now. We decide for ourselves how we live. We don't have to be monsters any more."