The System Lord had his own sort of interpretation of these events from his experience on his own Plane. What he said was true enough; one Plane was almost never actually unique in the Multiverse. Each had many reflections, but the differences were too slight to make any difference to Planeswalkers. In his time spent researching the science of Planeswalking and the Multiverse, Sorin had come to a vague conclusion that the reflections were blended together in an interplanar being's perspective. Then again, little in the Multiverse could be adequately or even somewhat logically explained. This was much the reason Sorin quickly gave up trying to figure it out.

The mention of interplanar travel through technology interested Sorin somewhat. It was not unheard of (being the primary means by which the Phyrexian scourge spread), but was certainly not common, either. Even so, the technology only apparently permitted access into divergences of a single Plane, not true Planeswalking. The mention of these "Ancients" also interested Sorin to a degree. Beings older than Sorin were usually terribly interesting, and simultaneously were almost always threats.

Sorin could have sworn that the System Lord had mentioned these beings before, likely in some offhand comment. With a being such as this, it was likely that the System Lord styled himself after them, or wished to ruval their power. Sorin tried to kill two birds with one stone with his next verbal probe.

"These 'Ancients' you speak of, I imagine they are superbly powerful. No doubt there are many who envy such power. Though I suspect envy is typically all that is wrought by those inferior to them." His vaguely accented voice stayed at its usual, nonchalant tone, with the tinge of smug condescension that Sorin likely couldn't stomp out even if he wanted to.