And given that the previous individuals like ourselves may have woke up to find themselves marked this way, reason states that they would add to the importance of the Atlas. [It's something that comes naturally to Lexa. While she knows the truth about Becca from Clarke now, as well as the Flame that resides in her neck, she really feels as if Polis is significant because of the hidden piece of machinery, as well as the painting on the walls where it's hidden. It's hard for her to abandon that; too many commanders believed in the same thing, and she is the result of all of that.]

Whatever it is, it had a great deal of power. [She pauses here, looking upward.] Perhaps unnatural power. Like many of those around us. [They've spoken about it before. Whatever is here might be proof that their ancestors (so to speak) weren't so different.]