Caleb had seen so much of himself in Essek Thelyss in that moment, when secrets and betrayals had come out. He had seen a man too caught up in his own desire for knowledge, obsession really, if he was being honest with himself. He knew how sweet a song the promise of knowledge and power sung.

He wanted to help Essek move on from it, had already made the decision to reinvest his trust in the other wizard, when the Nein had decided to ally with the Dunamancer and travel into Aeor together.

Shifting in the water so he could look at Essek better, he nodded at the question. "Yes, of course. A world like this -- strange and full of peoples and things that have never been seen on Exandria. It was ruled over by an extremely powerful being -- she called herself Thirteen, or the Fox -- capricious and by turns kind and cruel. She seemed to draw energy from us, and put us in situations to maximize that."