He nods in response to John's explanation. "Cannibals and fairies," he says. "Separate problems." The cannibals were outside of Cardiff. The fairies on the other hand had been right on their back door. Murdering people with flower petals and other naturally occurring phenomena, all for the sake of stealing a little girl -- a chosen one -- to become one of their own.
Hermiod and Ba'al? The names vaguely ring a bell and he supposes they must mean something in the context of this conversation, but for the life of him Ianto can't quite place them. Regardless, it's enough to help the other man believe what he's saying and he supposes that's something. Still...
He makes a face at the other man in turn. "For what it's worth, I'm not exactly keen on the idea of it myself," he replies. "Though he's dead now. Jack killed him -- my boss," he says, explaining for TJ's sake, "so there'll be no more torment from The Great Devourer, at least. So long as we don't open it up intentionally again, I'm pretty sure nothing that big can actually come through. Comparatively speaking, the odd unknown alien artifact is a relief."
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Hermiod and Ba'al? The names vaguely ring a bell and he supposes they must mean something in the context of this conversation, but for the life of him Ianto can't quite place them. Regardless, it's enough to help the other man believe what he's saying and he supposes that's something. Still...
He makes a face at the other man in turn. "For what it's worth, I'm not exactly keen on the idea of it myself," he replies. "Though he's dead now. Jack killed him -- my boss," he says, explaining for TJ's sake, "so there'll be no more torment from The Great Devourer, at least. So long as we don't open it up intentionally again, I'm pretty sure nothing that big can actually come through. Comparatively speaking, the odd unknown alien artifact is a relief."