"And it not be zombies, whatever it is. Bringing forth de soulbound dead requires dat de body be intact, where two hundred years would rot de flesh off dose bones."<br/><br/>Mordechai looked to Wagner, frowning. "Be it possible that they simply be two hundred yeahs old? Dose greatly blessed wid de Gift can shun de touch of Death for many long years, if it be dere wish and will. I be knowin' a<em>houngan</em>a hundred and fifty years and younger-lookin' dan anyone in dis room; if dey be so old in truth, dey not be in your databases because dey were walkin' dis earth before you had databases."