"Well, for one thing, I didn't go bugnuts booga-booga in the head for twenty-five years, either at Arkham or in Antarctica," Ray says. "Which is a pretty big thing and if you didn't have a hand in it I'd be really surprised. But, uh, also? Because compared to those whose power and plans you're the embodiment of? The other beings of power and destruction beyond mortal ken that've taken an interest in me are really... well, um, kind of comprehensible and easy to deal with."

What? It's true!