Wilford wasn't aware Chinese food might smell different on another world.

"In case someone messes with me," he says.

A small group of men in expensive suits gets shown to a nearby table. They're immediately loud, like the kind of people who come out to restaurants like this to seem cultured. They seem to want everyone to know all about the big deal they just closed on, and are celebrating now.

"That how you hunt your Mutts? I would have thought you'd go in for a good, old-fashioned dog fight."