[ John's not super into conspiracy theories or trying to dig up ulterior motives. He'll deal with it if it comes up, but for right now there's really no reason to create conflict where there isn't any, not for him anyway.

He shrugs, and moves on. ]

It's the kind of question where I've met like, three elves today? Also half my friends are aliens. And some of them are... I don't even know what they are.

[ God bless the carapacians, but he's still not 100% sure what they're supposed to be. ]