Editing Main Cast Opinions (section)

==[[Brian Jaffe]] OPINIONS==
* ''On [[Jack Bennett]]'':  "He's a good kid, but I think he's lead a sheltered life.  He's too used to letting his name and his money speak for him; it'd be nice to see him speak for himself, instead.  Because the field he's playing in now, there are people with more money than him and his name doesn't count for a whole lot.  It's going to take something more to keep us out of the messes we're about to get into."
**  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"'The messes we're about to get into.'  I really didn't know the half of it, did I?  And super powers didn't even come into play; Jack's alive because of dumb luck and the space of half an inch, and even that's not certain.  The doctors can't say right now if his body will last the night.  <br>  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"From what I know of Jack's powers, I think he'll be able to live on even if his body dies.  If you can still call him alive at that point.  Body or not, I hope Jack gets to keep going.  The kid gets on my nerves a lot, but I'd miss him if he weren't around.  <br>  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"Jack deserves better than he got.  But someone out there, through intention or accident, kept him from getting it.  There are a lot of other Survivors who could be in that situation way too easily.  I can stop it.  I was right in front of Jack.  The bullet wouldn't have hurt me.  If I were faster, if I were better with these powers...  <br>  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"I've been taking things slow since we woke up, getting my feet back under me, feeling out the climate of the world.  That's amateur hour, and I'm done with it.  Now it's time to play hard-ball.  Jack deserves it."
**  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"What the hell does he expect me to do?  Am I supposed to break down the doors to a secret government base to get his stupid metal?  He'd have his body then, free and clear.  For the five minutes it'll take them to kick down our doors.  I hate the way we've been treated, I disagree with what the administration's doing to the world, but I'm not going to war against my own country.  Jack's just going to have to wait. <br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;It's not that I don't feel bad for him; he's in a horrible situation.  But there are other people to think about, too.  He scares the crap out of the office staff and they shouldn't have to put up with that.  What's more, they won't.  He keeps this up, they're going to quit.  And then what happens to all of the good we can do?" 

* ''On [[Arthur Redford]]'':  "Out of everyone I've met since I got on that plane, Arthur's the one I'm happiest to have around.  I know a bit about his life before our flight together and I can see how hurt it's left him, but when I look at him, I can see how hard he's fighting to be a better man.  Maybe it's that old pain, that old danger, still sitting inside him, but so far it seems like he's been dealing the best with everything we've been hit with...  A level head, a good sense of humor...  I think what it comes down to is that Arthur's a guy I'm willing to trust."

* ''On [[Mandy Smith]]'':  "She's been so all over the map that she scares me just a little; sometimes she's mothering, sometimes she's angry and sometimes she just shuts down.  Not that she doesn't have a reason for it.  Out of all of us, I think Mandy's going to have the longest road back to normal.  I wish I could do something to help her get there."
**  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"Mandy killed a boy today.  I want to be angry with her.  I want to stand on some high ground and condemn what she did as a moral failure, as a step backwards in keeping us all safe.  But the truth is, if I'd found the dead girl first, instead of Mandy, I probably would've done the same thing.  <br>  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"Me being angry wouldn't help her, anyway.  The look she gave me on the way to meet Arthur, what she said to me, 'if you want to drop me off, I'll understand,' she knows that she did something wrong.  I'm just not sure she knows how to stop herself.  She needs help, and I'm not qualified to give it to her.  I hope Arthur can say something."
**  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;"I'm proud of what Mandy did today; it takes guts to turn yourself in like she did, to go peacefully even when you doubt the law's going to give you a fair shake.  It takes a lot of strength to trust the system, to let it support you, to work within it for justice.  I hope she knows how proud I am and that I plan on standing by her every step of the way to see her through."

* ''[http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/On_the_NPCs#Brian_Jaffe On the NPCs]''