Apart from Mary, only the core members of the Scorpions are out on the compound at such an early hour - with a wizard on board, they can afford to take it easy, but the old-timers care little for the security aspect Scorpius has brought to the gang. For people like Donny, the organisation is all they have. This fact, Scorpius suspects, is the only reason they accepted him in the first place, back when he stood on this very spot of grass, trembling with panic and suffering, begging to be taken in.