“They have their job to do, they are alphas. In any successful group there’s always the leader who charges ahead and whips everyone else in to shape. But they are seldom the smartest, no?” He touched a finger to the side of his nose. “The smart ones are the ones you never expect, they’re the ones still alive when everyone else is dead.”
This is not true! But I can see people arguing it. It fit the story and was a big hint to who would make it—maybe too much of a hint.

