Zechs of course would follow, no matter how irritated he felt. He wasn't going to abandon the priest in the dark woods, and certainly not for something as petty as annoyance. He continued to look around, watching.

He snorted softly. "A spooky, supernatural element doesn't deny it's still isn't intelligent, a person. From all I've seen on the train ... I've learned personhood isn't confined by a human shape, or limited by what I'd considered ordinary abilities. You might be one example of that."