[ With Waspination Ointments and Other Unattainable Potions back in place he turns to face her once more fully intending to answer her question. 

...Only for his brain to stall. He hasn't had to explain what a bantha is to anyone yet. A bantha has always just been a bantha. How did someone explain what a creature was if they'd never seen it before? There wasn't exactly anything he'd seen in Abraxas either that quite fit the bill. Before he can determine what exactly would be the closest thing to a bantha she goes on. ] 

Thorne was the largest power in Abraxas in recent history. The other two split off. [ It's arrogance befitting any government - but especially one as institutionalized as Thorne. He can't help but dryly continue. ] If you haven't met Istredd you can probably find a little more unbiased history in his domain. Including everything that happened to us.

[ The panic attack joke is the kind he'd make but it's just enough to tug on the concern for others that he keeps telling himself he has to reign in. It is enough to momentarily forego answering her question about banthas. His brow cocks. ]

...Is this another of those situations where I have to take your word for it?