"Goblins?" Luis repeated, sounding dumbstruck. "Like Halloween, goblins? You have got to be kidding me..."

Still, he'd rather hang out with the lizard man who was apparently a crew member than hang back or run off on his own again. This guy looked strong. "Those would be the villagers," he answered briskly. "Los Ganados. They've been infected with the parasite Las Plagas. It- it hijacks their central nervous systems and turns them into bloodthirsty savages-- with a hivemind." Leave it to Luis to get all biology while running for his life.