Heiji shook his head. "Some people are just like that, I guess. Like tryin' to herd cats." Actually, the image of Hershel wearing a cowboy outfit and trying to rope housecats into moving across wide-open plains was kind of a funny one.

He pointed to his wrist, where there was just the slightest hint of a tan line. "Probably on purpose. Mess with our sense of time, and it makes it that much harder to orient ourselves. Well, even in the absence of light cues, the human body reverts to a circadian rhythm of around 25 hours. You're probably not too far off. Anyway, now that we're clear to enter the cafeteria, how's about we see what's in there?"