_{[The Grandmaster's intuition for sarcasm could use a little work. He extricates himself from the quicksand trap that is the subject of home, betrayal, and teachers and students with a wrinkle of his nose and a shake of his head.]}

What are robots?

_{[It's easier to address the rest because, quite frankly, he doesn't entirely understand what it is he's addressing. "Robot" isn't a part of his everyday lexicon any more than it would seem "dark one" is part of Kuai's.]}

Those of who descend from Azra are special--we can do things other people can't. _{[But he could repeat everything Pilgrim had ever explained to him of their history and it would only go so far, wouldn't it? The differences between worlds--a thing he's still wrapping his brain around--complicates matter. Maybe Kuai has already seen the gift and calls it by a different name.]}

It'd be easier to show you.

_{[An implied offer he wouldn't make to just anyone--but it might be interesting, to see how easily this man scares.]}