The Heretic cheerfully accepts the Titan's handshake. It's a gesture that he knows both in the Nexus and back in Thra. He's pretty large himself, at roughly seven feet tall, and his grip is stronger than his frame would suggest.

"I know the non-humans in your universe aren't friendly," says skekGra. He remembers the way Katiri talked about aliens in her home world - though to him, humans are alien. "You can be sure that in the Nexus the Fallen of House Winter are the exception, not the rule, when it comes to alien visitors."