"It'll be done soon." The meat was really already mostly done if it wasn't done already. Right now was for the vegetables he'd added, which needed time to cook and soften instead of staying hard and bitter. They'd pick up the seasonings as they cooked. How he knew to do this, he wasn't quite sure, but it seemed like second nature. "Wasn't intending to start a conversation, anyway."

He was just sure he'd seen, and been, the worst humanity had to offer.