"Some people have normal dogs, cats," Vasquez says, but for the most part, all the animals are very strange. He ducks forward to let himself through the door, but his eyes are always back on Faraday. He's always carefully watching, attentive, and at some point, he thinks Faraday is going to notice.

"What, you want to keep a herd of sheep? I'm not shearing them all alone," he warns, because if Faraday thinks that he's going to have that shoved on him, he is very mistaken.