Okay, well... you might not believe this, but that last one is residual Voice brain. It's been a long time since I was a host, but sometimes a few things start to crop up.

[And after a pause to confirm that he doesn't know what the Voices are, she'll give him the same explanation she gave Manzana. They're an eldritch legion that possess and puppet a host for a journey, they usually set out to accomplish some goal, and in return, they'll make the host Champion before leaving them and returning to what she calls "the stream."]

I became a host... when I was 11. Before I contracted with the Dome.