[Dan smiles, feeling a little smug that his call on the dairy was the right one. It doesn't pass his notice how Guy responds with surprise as much as gratitude - all of that speaks to a world as unkind as Dan's own, or a world at least as thoughtless about opportunities where someone could be kind.

There are too many people from worlds like that here. Dan suspects it's because the Jorgmund know that trauma and desperation are easy to exploit, and that that's why you can't swing a cat among the new hires without hitting either an orphan or a former child soldier.]

No, none of that got dairy. I heard on a radio interview with an anthropologist that dairy came about way later than your time. The granola bars might could got nuts though.

[He glances at the other bed in the room, silently asking if it's okay for him to take a seat, or if Guy wants to recover from this head cold in peace.]

Jell-O probably predates your time too, but I promise that's just pure sugar.