- Helena: You should know that this is not a good situation. During the Arrival, two of our Hosts were killed in Dallas. That city is now a flat sheet of glass. We have a brief window before they take action.
- Nolan Burgess: The Governor-General's gonna select a new Proxy to run the bloc.
- Madeline: What does that mean for you?
- Nolan Burgess: You tell me who gets the job, and I'll tell you what it means.
- Alan Snyder: They're destroying our city - again. What's the point of killing people who had nothing to do with this?
- Helena: Retribution. They're reminding us who is the bug and who is the kid with the magnifying glass.