Well, yeah, speed was of the essence yesterday. But it was a damn mess, too, you know? Like, what if you, me, and, I dunno, Arianna got there before Nari could? Or her orders got misheard?
Cramped space like that, people panicking everywhere, we would've just gotten in the way.

The birds recognize people and names, so this way, we can send messages more discreetly to specific people. Alternatively--or in addition, really--we can also teach the birds to repeat emergency signals, if we can all agree on a few.

[Come on, Church. Praise him. He's a genius.]