[ He does not take notes. He listens with the quirked-eyebrows expression of a man who is barely restraining himself from a frivolous joke. But when he replies, his tone is still level, thoughtful. ]

You figure we've come in at the tail end of a god-war, or at the start of one? Either way, it's agreed that Pthumerians aren't from around here. But I wouldn't say we're from here, either.