Zohvin's reply to her comment was a laughed "Hah! That's a good one." And it answered his question quite well, too. No one could possibly mistake him for a human, even among these people that knew nothing about his species in the first place.

It's as he's eying the cut lines with a critical eye that Gene mentions the Sabonile, and that makes Zohvin pause, turning to regard him and the graffiti there on the wall. "Don't they worship an energy crystal?" he asked, his tone kept carefully neutral. It wasn't so long ago that Zohvin had stolen a few pieces of art from one of their churches - though of course he hadn't lingered to read any of their pamphlets.