No, I believe we got here at the same time. It was messy. Besides, yes, I knew him back home. Not closely, of course, I'm not that kind of a man...

Exactly. It is suspicious if nothing else. Either he is trying to fool us about the extent of his abilities, or there is something else, more powerful than him, in play.

Well, I have, at least. I think. Of course that doesn't mean everyone necessarily does. Would be quite unsettling if it turned out he chains them in a dungeon or something.