Samuel "Rat" Jones:

Samuel, who had otherwise been anxious suddenly looked relieved, it was an odd experience, but he suddenly felt better ... he was surrounded by competent people, this made him feel better, at least these people had passed the damn tests. He smiled, not broadly, but it was a weak smile.

"So we got evolved Alphas? ... Alpha Alphas?" he sighed, and leaned back. "I don't know about what we are going to do, but a lot of stuff has been happening that don't make sense ... red water, Alpha Alphas, missile launchers, and the Genesis guys ... but the fact remains, we also got to survive, and if we're going to get smacked again, we need to do something about surviving the night, keeping in mind that we need to not get blown up now too."