The same way he's a leader among your people back home, he's a leader among us. A voice of reason. Balanced and careful. Even tempered and never too emotional. He's been here since nearly the beginning. [The reality is that Clarke can't imagine this experience without Markus. She had been here for just two weeks when she slid in across from him when he arrived, hoping to help him out. His relationship with Connor was apparent by then—and Connor was already her friend.

What she says doesn't actually reveal that in the least. She tips her head forward thoughtfully.]

He's also the closest thing I have to a best friend here. I think I know him pretty well. [She recalls the conversation on Loki's rooftop, the talk about being a savior for his people. It was intimate and revealing. He would do whatever it took for him.] But I suspect that anyone from Detroit knows him better. I'm glad he'll have more familiar faces.