They're misfits of the world; they had an IQ presumably higher than Einstein. They were able to keep secrets, as they had to keep their own school a secret. The world, as Marrow said, would crumble and fall as the people of the world spiral into a inescapable madness, and before you know it, it would be the end of all humanity. But, what would happen if a student, sworn to secrecy, reveals confidential information about Gateway Academy? Would humanity really falter? How bad could it be?