"Manson would," Hickey says, without thinking. "Armitage as well." Both of them were so desperate, desperate for survival, hope, recognition. It would be easy enough to convince them to stay on his side.

As for the others...

"Hodgson, probably not at first. Maybe in the end, if he's hungry enough. Tozer...I'm not sure. I'd think so." But Hickey knows that he and Tozer were brought together by very specific circumstances, circumstances that he's not sure could be replicated here.

"But we could sway more to our side. People'll do anything if they're hungry enough."