- Play Actor - Eliot: I am High King Eliot, and I am drunk all the time.
- Eliot Waugh: [Watching] That's original.
- [He takes a swig from his flask]
- Play Actor - Margo: I am High King Margo, and I'm angry all the time.
- Play Actor - Quentin: I am King Quentin, and I am dissatisfied all the time.
- Play Actor - Alice: I am Queen Alice, and I died, sort of. It's complicated.
- Margo Hanson: It's not over yet. We're gonna "Endgame" this shit.
- Eliot Waugh: When did you have time to see Endgame?
- William 'Penny' Adiyodi: The truth? Being a traveler is a curse. Best case scenario? You end up a taxi service for your friends. Worst case? You dream about volcanoes, and then you wake up in one.
- Play Actor - Fen: I am High King Fen the Toeless, and I like knives.
- Play Actor - Josh: I am Josh the Fresh Prince, and I love to eat. Also I have a mustache.
- Margo Hanson: [Watching] Huh. I guess Josh must've gone through a mustache phase.
- Henry Fogg: [Walking around Brakebills] Too much magic means too many people with potential are discovering their gift. Lately, more people have been able to pass than we can handle. And now look at this place. Might as well be a goddamn state school; overcrowded, discipline problems. Did you know someone stole the school's supply of living clay?
- William 'Penny' Adiyodi: No.
- Henry Fogg: Of course, thanks to the surges, a few of them have blown themselves up, which isn't very good for morale, but yes, it helps with the goddamn over-enrollment.