"I think we're dealin' with a different type of questioning here, doc."

The kind a detective'd be a little better suited to finding answers about. Whatever was going on, they weren't dealing with an unknown phenomenon. The locals had to know something.

"As for all that hope...well, just because a little goes a long way, doesn't mean it's a good idea to have a lot of it. It's got a tendency to get toxic if you get enough of it together."