We're on a mission for the Great Queen and we won't be stopped.
-- William the Blade (Chapter 1 paragraph 7)

Importance: This is one of the first examples of things Zach says as William the Blade that he doesn't intend to say, but like other comments made by him while playing, seems to channel directly from William the Blade himself. It is important because it reveals how involved in the game of make-believe with Alice and Poppy he is still able to become, despite his age of 12.

Does William ever have nightmares?
-- Poppy (Chapter 2 paragraph 16)

Importance: This is one of many 'Questions' that Poppy or Alice have handed him, the answers meant only for the person who asked the question. It's importance lies in it's part in the game, private and complicated, in which the answers reveal important insights into the characters that often arrive in his mind unbidden after reading the question, as if the answers were just waiting there to...