"Yeah. Skyrim is - very itself."

"Why travel all this way?"

"This is where my sister was - I think she came to Skyrim on her father's trail, he was a Nord - and Hammerfell was becoming... Not a place to stay, what with the Thalmor. Skyrim's at least a lot less friendly to the elves."

"I seem to have slept through the eras of a human-dominated Tamriel."

"I know some history, I can try to explain things if you'd like."

"I've skimmed the books available upstairs already."

"Find anything good?"

"In historical value or monetary?"

"More meant interesting to read."

"One that claimed recent events fit the signs of a world-ending prophecy."

Snort. "I've heard some people declaring that the dragons are the end of the world, but - that's just so ridiculous to me. We survived the Dragon Break and the Oblivion Crisis, a bunch of overgrown fire lizards that're mostly just in Skyrim are hardly going to threaten everything."

"People like to think they live at the end of days. It makes them feel important."

"Were end of the world prophecies a thing in your time, too?"

"For my family, they were."

"As in there was one involving your family, or your family believed in one - "

"Both."

"I hope there isn't a world-ending prophecy involving my family."

"It's not as much fun as it sounds like."

"Doesn't sound like much fun to start with. I generally prefer the world stay put."

"So would most sane people."

"Yet there's always someone who seems oddly excited about their end-of-world prophecy."

"Some people think they can twist it to their advantage."

"Some people are terrible at calculating odds."

"The world has not ended thus far."

"I'd be rather disappointed if it had."