"Just so," he nods, smile turning apologetic. "And from your own words I may glean that you come from the time before our world was sundered." That Hythlodaeus knows of the future enough to give an estimation of time reveals enough about what he knows - even if he had not experienced history firsthand.

"All events led to our Star's survival, and for that I have no regrets." The words come easy, utterly sincere. "You are from the past, then?"