[In his capacity as a diplomat, listening is as valuable as speaking, but everything the doctor says sparks lines of questions. So, when he gets a chance, he nods patiently]

While I do believe that learning how this happened could bring us ideas for how to find a solution, so far it does seem to come down to the World Eaters themselves. Doctor, I am given to understand from those who had visions of the past... [nodding toward Daylight as an example] ...that a number of terrible things happened in sequence to cause the world to 'die,' as you said. Was any of it to specifically stop or ward off the World Eaters? Or, is it as I fear and you had no knowledge of the things approaching that would help anyone actually fight them?