Other students were at a nearby booth:Nancy""s boyfriend Quentin Smith (Kyle Gallner)Jesse Braun (Thomas Dekker), Kris"" ex-boyfriendDean believed that his nightmares stemmed from his childhood past, but was assured by Kris that "they""re just dreams.He expressed how he had hired her to bring advancements to his country, including the printing press: "You are part of general plan I have for bringing to Siam what is good in Western culture.He""s as naive as a child." Budington (Arthur Hoyt) worries that he firm hasn""t officially been granted Deeds"" power of attorney.He argues with an engineer""s grasp of facts against its construction - using previous experience from the Van der Lip dam disaster that killed five hundred people.