"I was thinking more of actual sticks and cockroaches," Nick smirked back, "but your point's taken. I also have no idea why we're talking about eating bugs."

He couldn't stop himself thinking about Wanderer even though she rarely talked about her other lives even in general terms much less what foods she'd eaten. Since that made him think about Melanie, too, he stopped that train of thought before it left the station.

"So, you said were in Manhattan before you came here?"