Ed is mostly quiet while he mentally plays with the new puzzle pieces he's been handed, trying to make them fit; he doesn't want to voice any ideas out loud unless he's reasonably certain that they're logically sound. He considers Victor's hypothesis, deciding that there's a reasonable chance she's on to something; he leaves it as a sort of partially assembled group of pieces kept off to the side, but still within view. Clark has also made an interesting observation, and he adds it to his mental notes, not yet certain of whether it's an actual 'piece' or not.
He's fiddling around with several of those pieces at the moment: first, Spike's earlier statement about April's connection to the Mother, and his knowledge of her potent psychic abilities. Second, Lorne's remark about the destruction of the Seed taking hope away from humanity. Third, and most importantly, the only clue they had at the start: 'The Key will be the one to give us hope again.' And that part, at least, makes perfect sense to him—April gave Ed the one, blazing bonfire of hope in his heart that most motivates him to continue to act, to help people, to do something and leave his mark on the world, and Ed has no doubt whatsoever that she will be able to return that same kind of hope to humanity.
Huh... maybe he's on to something there...
She gave you Hope, says a quiet little voice in the back of his mind. Maybe she can give humanity its Hope back, too; maybe that's what she needs to do. Except that little voice doesn't sound like his usual internal monologue... but more like that of a ten-year-old boy... and a familiar ten-year-old at that.
The pieces suddenly seem to click into place, and the realization dawns on his face a moment later; his mind races, eyes darting back and forth a little as he runs the hypothesis repeatedly through his brain, checking and double-checking his logic. The more he does, the more he becomes certain of it, and as he becomes more certain, he slowly starts grinning and laughing quietly, the laugh eventually bursting forth as a full-blown cackle. "HA! EUREKA!" he shouts, leaping to his feet in triumph. "I think I've got it!" he exclaims to the others. "Or, part of it, at the very least!"
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He's fiddling around with several of those pieces at the moment: first, Spike's earlier statement about April's connection to the Mother, and his knowledge of her potent psychic abilities. Second, Lorne's remark about the destruction of the Seed taking hope away from humanity. Third, and most importantly, the only clue they had at the start: 'The Key will be the one to give us hope again.' And that part, at least, makes perfect sense to him—April gave Ed the one, blazing bonfire of hope in his heart that most motivates him to continue to act, to help people, to do something and leave his mark on the world, and Ed has no doubt whatsoever that she will be able to return that same kind of hope to humanity.
Huh... maybe he's on to something there...
She gave you Hope, says a quiet little voice in the back of his mind. Maybe she can give humanity its Hope back, too; maybe that's what she needs to do. Except that little voice doesn't sound like his usual internal monologue... but more like that of a ten-year-old boy... and a familiar ten-year-old at that.
The pieces suddenly seem to click into place, and the realization dawns on his face a moment later; his mind races, eyes darting back and forth a little as he runs the hypothesis repeatedly through his brain, checking and double-checking his logic. The more he does, the more he becomes certain of it, and as he becomes more certain, he slowly starts grinning and laughing quietly, the laugh eventually bursting forth as a full-blown cackle. "HA! EUREKA!" he shouts, leaping to his feet in triumph. "I think I've got it!" he exclaims to the others. "Or, part of it, at the very least!"