[Lucas pauses again. He isn't sure he wants to tell, even if she wants to hear. But . . . Well. He would tell as much as he was comfortable saying. He'll start from what has been made clear already.]

I . . . said she died protecting me, right? Four years ago now. Claus and I were almost ten.

What happened was an invasion. Don't laugh. An army from a different dimension invaded our world. They turned all the animals into monsters and set loose a lot of robots . . . Mom died because we were attacked by a chimerized Drago.

[Lucas's voice as he says this is curiously detached. He has to be.]