( A war is exactly the thought Will had, too. If that's the case, it's no wonder he's in the discard pile. He worked for the FBI, he was a cop, he can do basic self-defense and weapons training, but... realistically, he's about 5'8 with lean muscle that doesn't come remotely close to some of the people he's seen being carted by. More even than that, he's seen people doing magic.

If they need bodies for a war, Will isn't in the top hundred candidates.

He has another secondary hypothesis too, that may be slightly more outlandish. )

Some of the people here... Even some of the visitors from upstairs... It seems like they can do things you only see in fiction back home. Magic. Is that something you can do?