They either were foretold of our arrival or this has happened before. [The former irritates, but the latter would be more concerning. Neither would good options because it still means their arrival was bound to happen and he's tired of being the playthings of others.]

That dream. [He mulls over those words. They all must have had the same dream.] Yes. A dream is a dream though.

[Of course he'd deny it. Unless there was proof of it all gone, he wasn't going to trust a dream.

There's also that denial that it's gone because then what was the point of his suffering in the last two turns? The sufferings he had in his current turn? The people who had managed to become important. Could he handle that kind of reality?

He won't consider it unless he has concrete proof of it being gone.]