[There's a lot of ways Ren could answer that second question, but he chooses to focus on the first for now. While his bearing overall changes very little, his smile takes on a slightly more sly angle, as if he's figured out more than he's letting on.]

I'm...waiting to see what happens. It seems like we've arrived at a pivotal moment.

[That dragon frozen on the land, the message whispered into his head before he properly awoke...it seems like however long this has been going on, these beings have only just realised they don't have total control. And that could spell opportunity or disaster for the lot of them.]

But I also think that if you talk to people now, they'll be more likely to speak to you when they do know something.