"If you're asking if it was my intention, certainly not," he provides. He has his own ideas of how he ended up there, who would have put him there. He won't share them, or not exactly.

"But I have no doubt I was put there one way or another. The less said about it the better."

The Web is subtle but her influence spreads as much under ignorance as with knowledge.

"I have no desire to hurt you or your people. They are... well, in short, they are as close to a people of my own type as any in this world. I can't say that I don't come bringing darkness with me, but there is... protection, of a type, to being informed. And that I can do for you and yours."