Curtis C. Chen

"“You said Gryphon wants to be friends,” Paul says. “What’s more friendly than a common enemy?"

"I’d just like us to consider all the possibilities. Especially the ones that involve me being an assassination target."

"Which, again, is very unlikely and would seem pretty ridiculous to any normal person, but as events keep reminding me: I don’t deal with normal people."

"I’ve already spotted a few more familiar faces. Apparently this crisis is the social event of the season."

"No aliens yet, but it’s amazing how paranoid some people can get when you pay them to think up worst-case scenarios."

"When you put enough secrets into play, they’re going to start colliding with each other."

"“Heels and Lunar gravity don’t really mix well."

"There’s another important lesson here: If something seems weird, it’s probably even weirder than you think. The universe is really, really, really weird, guys."