I'm not sure they know. From what I've heard, people showing up here like you and me is a new phenomenon. Started just over a year ago, and nobody's admitting to knowing why it's happening.

[Which doesn't mean that no one knows -- but at this point Zhao's pretty sure that anyone who admitted to being in on the reason why people are appearing and disappearing would get themselves ripped apart by an angry mob.

He chuckles at her complaint about the shinki.]

Aw, she just wants to look out for you. Probably.