"I'm betting the latter." Howard and Zouichi are clearly professionals in jumping to the worst possible conclusion about the ship. "I mean, we know from the channels that they experimented on some kid, right? Who's saying they aren't testing stuff out on us?"

He looks over at Ian. "Maybe we could cut one down. We should probably take one that people don't rely on. Maybe we can find Zou's in here, since he doesn't eat. Lucky."

Howard's also suggesting that because he's pretty sure Zou's about as happy as a clam to have a 'teaching tool' on his anatomy floating around here. A clam that has been washed ashore and eaten by gulls, that is.