[What Thomas is saying sounds so familiar; details are off, of course, but they always are. It's always a little different for everyone. The problem is that it was so long ago that Dean has to dig to find it, so far in the past that it's almost obsolete. It is, however, where it all started.

Or maybe ended.]

Sent up a new person once a month to do what? Just hang out, wait around? Or were you supposed to be doing something?

[Were you supposed to fight to the death to lead an army?]