[She takes a deep breath. She's going to hold him to his word.]

A long time ago, when the old gods first created Witches, Minoa was filled with monsters. To help them survive the old gods gave Witches the power to use black magic, but... since they were so young they didn't know how to cast it. So they were defenseless against those monsters, and it wasn't long before they started being hunted down and eaten.