"A few, yeah." That was why when Jr. finally ran into some of the creatures in there, he was more cautiously curious than surprised.

His smile faded somewhat at the Gnosis question, his tone firming up just a bit. "They might be ... nobody's exactly sure what they are. They've been in existence sporadically over time, but in recent years they've expanded in number. All we know about'em is that they don't exist in real space, and any human who gets touched by them either turns to salt, or turns into one of them."