[Soren sets his armload down onto the tabletop carefully as he follows along with Ferran's explanation. It's easy to do so at first: monsters exist only in stories and fables on Tellius, as far as he's aware, and the closest thing that approaches the concept is mankind itself, beorc and laguz both, depending on your perspective. But Soren finds the entirety of it lacking, like he needs more context to understand what sort of world this is.]

Actually, you make it sound almost exactly like Aefenglom. I'm not sure I quite understand. It sounds more like you discovered something that changed your world rather than experienced any new ones. Do I have that right?