"Wish I knew. Been trying to wrap my mind around that for a while, now." It's easier to answer the unfinished question, and yet somehow, it answers both. Though he doesn't stop there, pulling out his iMog slate and goes through something. Hearing is one thing. Seeing, however...

"I thought the same thing, until my first day here. Walked into the kitchen we were assigned to, and who do I see rummaging through the cabinets but the old bear himself." Ah, there it is. He flips the device over in his hands so Cor can see it: a shot he got from Prompto of Ignis and Clarus sparring in what appears to be a residential area at dawn. "Never saw Ulric myself, but I doubt they'd lie about something like this."

Though there's something else that's likely sticking out to Cor, and that's one very distinctive black band on his right hand.