I think I was far more nervous about this conversation than they expected me to be. My heart started to race faster and faster with each passing second. My mouth was suddenly dry, and I was missing that straw I had in my mouth a moment ago. It would help me to moisten the sudden Sahara that was my throat.
"Don't look so scared." Miko said nervously as he looked around the room. "We are going to tell you what we can, but you need to make sure you don't talk too loudly."
"Yes, we've got some privacy, being back here and all, but we still need to be careful. We can't let the humans hear us."
"So, they're not all… one of you?" I asked as I looked apprehensively around at the other people in the diner. Who was human? And who wasn't? How did you even tell the difference?
"No, they'
