At the drop of a hat, Nikola transitions from sarcastic to serious.

"Ask yourself this: Was the world ready to hear that someone had managed to render themselves impervious? Invisible? Or, how about, being told that Jack the Ripper was a teleporter, hmm? No, no. They weren't ready. They still aren't ready. Society as a whole considers themselves to be open to otherworldly concepts, but the truth of the matter is, if they were made aware of the abnormalities that are more commonplace than they think, they'd go ballistic. It'd be a witch hunt."

In regards to what him to this boat? What brought any of them here? That wasn't the big question on everyone's minds: who? Nikola couldn't say, and he didn't like not knowing. He wasn't James, didn't enjoy the mystery or unraveling it — at least, not like this.