[This would be why he's the one in charge.]

Well, we won't know for sure until we've looked into this world a little more. For the time being we should treat it like we were in the academy; investigate what we can, and pool any information we might find - if anything, it's going to be more difficult here, due to the lack of grates, bars, and steel plates! It isn't anything to complain about, for sure, but it's also going to make our job that much harder!