I'm probably not as versed in them as your average voodoo high priest, but I like to think I know a thing or two about them. It's part of my job to know about zombies.

[Yup. This is standard normal stuff for him.]

As for the Malnosso, well that's something else entirely. They're scientists who use us in a series of tests, things that alter our bodies, minds, the environment... They're responsible for these wingless people somehow.