The stuff about needing to moonlace is true, and moon cycles are a real thing. The Knights around here seem pretty decent so far, too... They help people, uphold peace, and kill wrongdoers instead of letting them get away with their crimes.

[They also don't seem to be in the pocket of whoever is in power. Yuri's prepared to be disappointed, but for now, he has a more positive impression of them than of the Imperial Knights.]

Aside from that... Who knows? The stuff about researching a way home could be a lie, and they just want to use us as living power sources. But if that's the case, they're being pretty nice to us about it.