[ More often than not, his sense of propriety overrides how perceptive he is. Watching her expression carefully, Allelujah can't help but be a little amused at how she settles on what she's going to ask. He may be limited in how he can answer, but that doesn't mean he can't be genuine in how he responds, all the same. Pausing, he takes a moment to gather up a few of the box steps and scoot them over, turning to take a seat on one. ]

For most of my life, the world didn't have a unified government. It was separated into economic blocs that fought often for resources, like solar energy.

[ Almost delicately, he folds his hands. ]

That changed very recently. [ Through force, but the result is much more important than the cause in this conversation. ] To prepare for the existence of other species, like you said, it was important that humanity didn't take war into space.