“You must be wondering how all of us look so young,” the Marshall said. This mind-reading thing was getting annoying. “Surely you have heard legends of a glorious place upon the summit of yon mountain. Well, I have journeyed to the summit of the so-called Infinite Peak, and have actually discovered something. A beautiful spring sat atop the mountain, surrounded by greenery and abundance. The legends do tell us of a Fountain. Indeed, the Fountain of Youth.

“I drank from this Fountain and found myself revitalized, then decades later, still living. Unfortunately, this was also the time I set you three to work on the Corridor. I had unknowingly released underground vapors from the Fountain when you dug into the mountain. You’ve been working in these vapors ever since, and, as the case may be, have lived for as long as you have. So, in my most glorious discovery, I had also unleashed its bounty upon my enemies.

“Now, like I said, I have told you all this before. And each time, I used the Forget.”