"That's assuming there is one for everyone. There might just be a random selection." Although one for everyone would suggest that Zouichi and Howard are right about them being for experimentation.

"If Zouichi doesn't eat and there's one for him, then that will tell us these aren't just for working out what we eat." And then maybe they could just take Ian's back, he was willing to take that risk.

He started working through the pods, unlatching the ones that looked to be the right shape.