[That's a sad thing to hear, but at least their war ended. There's the light at the end of the tunnel.] That sounds awful. My own kind went to war with each other. But... here I am.

[Hopefully to do some good. He looks back to Lyle with something of a smile. Seems the humans like that expression.] We did. Our engineers were able to conduct experiments with inanimate objects and drones before we sent anyone through to test. It... didn't always work as planned. We've long since worked out the kinks, but the portals were always prone to instability, especially if the machinery housing them was damaged or something was off even by a tiny bit.