[There is a pause. Then, almost surprised:]

I was thinking the same thing. They used the other people, and when they were done they killed them off, took their souls, and used their souls to get us.

[He wasn't expecting it to be this easy to venture theories and talk ideas. (Ominous implications up the yin yang that he wasn't the only one who'd gone there already, sure, but at the same time validating.)]