I see... wait!

[ She pauses, staring at the man in front of her. ]

You mean you were human too? I thought that being one of this place's authorities, you were born and raised here. [ She brings her thumb to her mouth, gnawing a little on her nail as her mind races. It's possible she wasn't listening clearly enough, overwhelmed as she was, but all she can do is try to learn as much as she can. It's what she did all those years, cooped up inside, and it's what she'll do now. It's all she has. ]

Were you pulled here too? And you chose to stay?