[He shakes his head.] C'mon, don't be like that. It's not gonna work unless you guys actually believe in the project, and it's a really good idea. This is what we've been waiting for, or -- or working for this whole time, y'know? I've just been talking with a few people about the logistics of getting it to work, and who gets to go where.

[He's never one hundred percent aware of the shift in his expression whenever he begins to talk about research and reason, logistics and game plans. That's always been the purview of the Blue Beetle, not Jaime Reyes, and he usually winds up standing a little straighter, eyes becoming a little more focused.]

There's one imPort who wants to bring other imPorts with her, to help win a war. You get this thing built, and we have to figure out a way for people to get back to where they belong, you need to slap down some limitations on it before it's functional. You know what I mean?