["Entities" is a term he understands. People in his home world used that term to describe the True Runes. Or, at least, the more scholarly people used that term. The ignorant thought of them as passive jewels that could be used for human progress.

That the factions here might be fighting over something similar helps put things in perspective.

Yuber barks out a laugh, his stony features arcing into a serpentine grin.]

Ha!

I know about the factions. That's where this whole conflict gets fun.

Both sides think they're righteous and are unable to agree to peaceful terms. This suits me just fine...

One day, you will come to blows again and I will be there to soak the battlefield in blood and watch the fear in dying eyes.

[In the shadows, his eyes sparkle with something like hunger just thinking about it.]