Reverse engineering magic for the masses. Sure. He can hear the bias, but only raises an eyebrow. That's an interesting take on status quo. True, Five's family has their share of secrets, just not the kind that would benefit anyone if they got out.

After seeing what he saw, it shouldn't be hard to guess which part of that revelation gets the most attention from Five. Spend a few decades in the apocalypse and phrases like 'world-devastating destruction' take your right back there. It earns him a significant silence while he mulls it over. If it were even a possibility that Fox was supposed to succeed. Gabriel, or Mingyu, could have theoretically been targeted for trying to change the timeline by looking for him. It just doesn't make sense why they'd take him here instead of just sending Corrections after him.

Of course that involves an entire labyrinth of other assumptions, but he has to consider it along with anything else. If he finds more of them have the potential end of the world in common, it'll be worth delving into.

"I think that explains your significance." He says it with a shrug. If not for the earlier incident, he might even explain what he means, but he doesn't. "So what's your plan now? You must have one, as quickly as you settled in."