Both - not someone from home, but someone he met here. But yes, he considers me a bad influence.

[Another sip and he grins slightly.]

I've no reason to scheme here - as far as I know the God we're familiar with isn't here so the only thing I could do is try to get information on how to break my curse. And I've little reason to do that subtly thanks to what the network revealed.

I have time. I've waited thousands of years. I can always start again when I get back.