"Funny thing about that." Yuri pauses for dramatic effect, shifting his egg to one arm so he can point a finger at the sky. "I was among a few poor saps who popped up in some vessel that traverses a sea of stars. There was, of course, something terribly wrong with it, including an endless parade of murderous mad jesters."

It sounds like the most terrible jest, and he delivers it with full flippancy, but it's all true. "Imagine my surprise waking to that."