[He's not sure what's surprising, the appearance or how orange he looks. And he's not going to dwell on that thing through his stomach. Right, right, that's pretty weird.]

The latter. They're trying to feed more people than they're expected to.

[A few people getting sick? Sure. All of these people at once? Yeah, that's gotta be a drain.]

I haven't ask about where they get their ingredients from, yet.