"Stacy gives Zouichi water, so there might just be one of him around here that says 'H2O goes here'." He shakes his head. "And I don't think it's random selection. There are thousands of people in the pods, hundreds awake. What honestly are the odds that we run into your hologram the first time around?"

He looks up. The high arched ceiling is covered with pods, and tunnels allow for tentacles to bring even more in. The one with Ian, cover still hanging open, is being lifted up into a line about twenty feet above their head.

Howard points at one two pods in front of Ian's. "I bet that's yours, Zou. I bet it senses who was near the chutes last and pulls up the holograms that correlate."