[ He glances down at his stomach, the scar itself hidden behind layers of clothing. ]

A rift beast. [ He'd still been recovering that time they last spoke. It was why he had spent more time than usual within Horizon - he was stuck in bed. Of course, maybe if he hadn't been wounded, they never would have had that conversation in the first place.

After answering he shrugs and starts leading them out of the city proper. ]

I found out later it was connected to another Summoned in Thorne, from his world. Someone else killed it eventually, I suppose.

[ By that he seems mildly put off.

He doesn't mean to cut Viktor off or deflect. Doesn't realize he might've, even if he knows there is more that must be said. He brightens and grins he's been caught off guard. His mask is poorly held together around people he genuinely likes.

It just so happens that most of them are the ones who might destroy the world. ]