[Sagi proves to be an attentive listener, nodding along as Kadoc describes what almost sounds like a sci-fi story to him; it's hard to imagine what "human evolution" could mean without thinking back to his time in the Empire, and how certain propagandists would tout their grandiose machines as the next chapter in human history. He might even spend a moment too long thinking back to it, staring at the stubby candle in his hand with a vaguely distant look in his eyes - but he remembers himself after a few seconds, hastily setting it down where it belongs. Pretty soon he'll have emptied out the bag, and then all that should be left is to light them. They form a neat, symmetrical array around the completed parts of the circle.]

Wow... Yeah, that sounds totally different. Thousands and thousands of years into the past is hard to imagine... Even a thousand years was long enough for most people in the sky to forget everything about the gods down on the earth. I grew up like everyone else, just never wondering about it.

[He's not nearly as good at explanations as he is at listening, but he knows that.]