"At once, you say." Okay, that sounds a bit more like a Calamity.

And not too much like what his world was facing: The Blight, the Akashic, endless war, famine, injustice, all because of Crystals people believed made their lives easier.

"Sorry, lad, sorry you're here instead of there, helping set things to rights. 'Course, this place could use a hand in the same, eh?"