[Poor Dad. This is just as confusing for Ceodore, poor comfort as that is.]

He...

[Bother. It's been so long since they've had to give the Sky Person explanation to anyone and Ceodore's been rather spoiled by having his parents close at hand after those first departures. It's a bitter disappointment, but something to tackle head-on.]

I never understood how, but he was the one responsible for pulling Sky People into Gaia. Not just people. Places too. And it was destroying that world and all the others too. We stopped the magic, but... had to give up seeing home again.