Cassandra's eyebrows shoot up in surprise at the no, although his explanation, when he offers it, is all too familiar. Her lips twist into an ironic smile, really more of a grimace.

"They were, at one time," she says, "or at least, so we liked to tell ourselves. In practice, it is not so easy. And those granted power and tasked with protection sometimes prove to be more dangerous than those those they are meant to control." Already, she's wondering who this other mage from his world is, and whether she's already met them. Certainly she has not seen any other rifter use magic in quite the same way Corvo does. But all that can be discovered later.

"Were there no attempts to stop those who became corrupted in your world?" she adds, with a gentle if somewhat tacked-on reminder that buttercup hasn't played the dlc yet so reply without spoilers if possible pls.