Sasuke hadn't mentioned the deal with the girl he'd made earlier mostly because he was concerned about making enemies, but Mark was new and the situation seemed to have come to a point where it might be useful information.

"I haven't seen her since, but I met a child my first night here," he explained, remembering the fog and finding himself unable to quite describe the way the place had felt. "She offered to trade me safe passage to my destination in exchange for information on the location of patients, and kept her word when I told her what I knew.

"She definitely looked human," he added, but scowled a little dubiously. "Then again, that doesn't necessarily mean she is."

It was a simple deal and it had happened only once, but if there was a possibility ...