I know, Lana was about to snap, but Nina was already making excuses for her. Having someone be disappointed in her stung more than...well, it stung less than waking up to find she'd gone on a murderous rampage, but it wasn't pleasant.

"He said he did. Do you know if he still has it?" She kept her tone light -- she didn't, in fact, blame him if he'd given it to someone awake and deserving. Besides, the portals sounded more interesting -- and familiar.

"He's done the thing with the portals before." People had gone home, the last time, albeit temporarily. And with everyone running to the greenhouse, it would cause mass chaos. A perfect ambush. "Was it brainwashed patients? Zombies?" She managed to say zombies with a perfectly straight face. They weren't that funny when one was confronted with them, but in the bright light of day, it was still ludicrous to be talking about them. "Or something else?"

There was really no end to the litany of dangers, though that, at least, wasn't much different. Humans, without any mumbo-jumbo, kept inventing new and different ways to kill each other. At least the zombies didn't attempt alibis.