Here is the boy, drowning.

“I was only following orders," the Mayor mocks. "The refuge of scoundrels since …”

“Noise ain't Truth, Noise is what men want to be true, and there's a difference …”

“As to how you'll help me," he says. "Well, we have met the Answer, have we not?…”

“But the Spackle War was over a long time ago, wasn't it?”“Thirteen years now.”“…”