"The greater majority of my time was spent believing a fantasy." One he has no inclination to go over in detail, at least not to these people. "That the Voidtreckers were there to threaten my peaceful life, and those for whom I cared. I and many others were subsumed by this, until the others...fractured its hold."

A beat.

"You know of the entity behind such events."

It isn't a question. He is seeking confirmation, and looks from one to the other with a slight frown.

"If it your enemy, then we are allies."