"I would hardly call any reunion that involves an alien invasion of earth happy, Recluse," It was difficult to play this game with Recluse, he did not care about anyone. But Marcus did not let any of his feelings other than slight irritation at Recluse show.

Statesman cared about others, and he knew Recluse would use that against him. Still, these guesses were very close. Recluse was smart, but these could just be lucky guesses, or a sign he knew more than he was letting on.