Do we know why that is? It's hard to imagine there's nothing that could be done about it, despite ALASTAIR having enough power and influence to bring us all here.

[It's something he thought beyond imagining, and yet, here they are.

He puffs out a quiet sigh]

It's all the stuff of storybooks, for someone like me. But I don't want to believe killing is the only true solution - that that's what we're here for.