"How do you know that you haven't had a traitor in your midst?" says Wells. "Or how d'you know there's not a faction in this other country that really doesn't want you people strong again and found a way to get in a few words with your old guard when you weren't looking? Come on, Preston..."

He hates to do this. He really does.

"How long did I keep my inconceivable secret before you found out?"