He doesn't answer for a long moment. Talking about the death of his people still pains him to this day, but he supposes he owes her some manner of explanation. She seems a sombre sort of woman.

"Most of them died when calamity struck our star." He doesn't look at her as he speaks. "Those who did not perish sacrificed themselves in order to save the rest. Then more again in order to restore life to our dead and dying world. In the end, in order to halt the sacrifice, a usurping god tore apart existence and splintered it into fourteen parts - including the souls of those who remained."