[... There's a somewhat frazzled-looking plume of feathers rising behind Tobias in the background, because Regal is well aware that his trainer gets upset whenever he talks about this.]

[The corner of Tobias' mouth twitches slightly, and he has to work hard to not just... hang up. His voice is quiet as he responds.]

What did I see? I saw people die, Blake. I saw people lose their parents. I saw parents lose their children. I saw people reunite with family they had thought dead or as good as dead, but I saw way more people lose their lives. I saw my friends hurt, I saw my friend nearly commit a genocide to save us, and I saw the person... the person I cared most about in the world die in front of me.

I saw a war, Blake. What do you think I saw?