Methos shook his head, not quite keeping a flash of frustration from darkening his expression. "I'm not certain. If there's a common link between us, it's not an immediately obvious one," he replied. "Age, gender, profession...there are even people here from a number of nationalities. It's possible that whatever they're up to, they want as broad a sample for study as possible."

He took a seat at the desk on the side of the room opposite the one claimed by his roommate, leaning back at a casually comfortable angle and pulling open one drawer to riffle through it. "It's possible their files might reveal something. Though anything of note is likely to be difficult to get at."