[ None of this is making very much sense to Yachi, hard as she's trying to follow the story and understand what in the world Zee is talking about, because Zee's making it sound like appearing human is something she has to consciously do, and in order to do that, she has to constantly "bake"— which Yachi's just going to assume is a term for something else other than the oven and bread deal that's more familiar to her. ]

Wait- wait, can you start from the beginning? I'm trying to understand this, and a timeline would help me best... Who were you, originally, and what happened twelve years ago?