[Oddly, the kid's panic makes it easier for him to get a handle on his own feelings. He's always been good and calm in a crisis; it was one of the reasons he got his job back after being tried for treason the first time. His voice goes, not steely, but firm, in control.]

Listen to me, David. It did happen. They destroyed Caprica, Saggitaron, Aerilon... everything. All twelve of our Colonies. My homeworld, too, Picon. Billions of people. And when we tried to stop fighting them, they enslaved us for months. We've been fighting them for four years.

It happened. It all happened. Maybe... [Here, he takes another deep breath, running a hand through his hair.] ...Maybe, somehow, your world is different. Like what we just went through. Maybe you really have an Earth that the Cylons never touched. But that was how it happened for us.