Sabotage.

[A dry smile.]

That's right. It's.... a long and complicated story, but some time after I came to Caelondia on a mission of peace, I ended up meeting Zia. Together, through her father, we learned about what the Mancers had planned. We knew that, once they had the plans, delaying tactics could only work for so long...

So Rucks was supposed to sabotage it while I would go through the city to see if I could find anyone else to get on our side. It... wasn't very safe. Ura in Caelondia are rarely treated well, and it would have been easy to pin just about anything on me. But we wanted to find people who wouldn't endorse the Mancer's plans and would do something about it.

But then... I don't know. [His fingers curl into the bracelet until he feels the metal start to bite.] The next thing I know, the Marshals- the law enforcers of Caelondia- were after myself and Zia. All we could do is hide... and then the Calamity happened.

[He drags a hand across his face- the uninjured side.]

We were going to tell the rest of the Bastion this eventually... The Kid thinks we should and we both agree with him. It's just- not an easy thing to tell.