. . . before Zero came to Delphinus . . . before the person you know in Lacerta, or the one I've felt in Monoceros, either . . .
When . . . things changed, after that game, and I didn't know what was happening . . . what I was, or what I . . . wanted . . . there were three people . . . who I knew would do things no one should do, if they thought it would keep everyone safe.