[And this is why Oz is now the meatshield friend.]

There are a few dozen of us around now, I think.

[He stares at Oz, confused. How can you even have a vague idea of this kind of thing before you hear it? It's nothing like he's experienced before, so he doesn't see how Oz could have before coming here.]

But what were you expecting, then? I had none myself, considering I barely knew what I was getting into in the first place.