Timed was definitely obvious enough. And presumably the lists of patients had gotten too long to introduce over the intercom anymore; Sasuke had noticed a real influx since he'd arrived.

"It had seemed that the patients who were chosen for modification or brainwashing were generally those who had been here for at least a day or so," Sasuke said, and decided not to drop Allen's name just yet. The kid had only barely been convinced that he might not have killed a friend of his. "But instead, some patients have run across one of their friends, physically modified and forced to attack them."

Done with the food, Sasuke took a sip of juice before adding, "You mentioned that you had experience with a mimic. We thought it might be one of those -- would that be consistent with what you met?"