Rook was pretty proud of herself for not saying something incredibly stupid, like I know. "You mean, other than the whole, 'our world is dying and we need you to help us save it?' Did you get that speech from anyone yet?" She rolled a shoulder with a wry, sheepish smile. "Whether or not that's true, I haven't decided. To my knowledge no one yet knows why they need us, or how anything we're doing here is actually helping."