[He's so tired it only belated occurs to him Zarkon could put the pieces together about the rift if he says too much.

Oh boy.

Luckily, he's so exhausted he doesn't give himself away by tensing. Black has always taken the most of out of his pilots. He's never been grateful for that until now.]

It's possible it's a different rift. [The fuck it is, but he isn't about to tell him his fate. Why be cruel to a guy that hasn't done the things that will come to pass?] I'm not our technical expert. And yeah, it's members of my team.

Anyway, let's talk about the present. There's a lot to know. Some of it...you'll get explained if you run into Storyteller. That's a spirit trying to help us. Or not. I'm not sure. The surest thing I can say is they have their own agenda and their limits are murky.