When Humanity ventured into the stars, they found they were not alone. And they were not liked. So they learned. How to build bigger, stronger ships. More powerful weapons. In order to survive, they learned to wield the Sword of the Stars. But there was one lesson they hadn't learned. It was called the Mass Effect.

For a brief amount of time, the hermit remembered, and he felt he had to do something... and perhaps he did. But then he forgot, and just returned to his questions.