"People who've been here since the beginning. The Marshall, Sparks, he's been a reliable source of information, even if he's busier than the rest of us."

"So, you might have noticed that the city is remarkably well-equipped to handle people suddenly showing up out of nowhere once a month? There's been a legend about the Heroes of Light for centuries, but the Queen was apparently the only one who knew when we were arriving. She might have even known who we were. But then she vanished, and the only thing left behind was some instructions to her top people, Biggs, Wedge, Jessie."

"From what they've told us," and Jack knows that means that what he says next will be taken with a huge grain of salt, "they didn't know the specifics, not the who, for example. If I were go to up there and bitch them out for the Doctor showing up here, or the fact that we've got so many teenagers that are expected to fight," Jack sadly shakes his head. "Wouldn't do any good. So I'm trying not to give them a hard time, even if they do make for an easy target."