[Belth is stunned into silence for a good... twenty seconds. Might even think he's hung up. But no, he's just staring blankly at the communicator and wondering when his life became full of people who gave a damn.]

If... if only more people thought like you. [His voice is soft and surprisingly fragile at the edges.] When the Sunwell was destroyed and my people slaughtered, there were survivors who were turned away from shelter. No kingdom, human or dwarf, sent anyone to help. We were abandoned. Our own prince betrayed our people and threw us away, too.

So... yes. It is quite a surprise.