diff --git a/src/internal/kopia/base_finder.go b/src/internal/kopia/base_finder.go
index 07b65707e..059959ef4 100644
--- a/src/internal/kopia/base_finder.go
+++ b/src/internal/kopia/base_finder.go
@@ -17,55 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/pkg/store"
 )
 
-func NewReason(
-	tenant, resource string,
-	service path.ServiceType,
-	category path.CategoryType,
-) identity.Reasoner {
-	return reason{
-		tenant:   tenant,
-		resource: resource,
-		service:  service,
-		category: category,
-	}
-}
-
-type reason struct {
-	// tenant appears here so that when this is moved to an inject package nothing
-	// needs changed. However, kopia itself is blind to the fields in the reason
-	// struct and relies on helper functions to get the information it needs.
-	tenant   string
-	resource string
-	service  path.ServiceType
-	category path.CategoryType
-}
-
-func (r reason) Tenant() string {
-	return r.tenant
-}
-
-func (r reason) ProtectedResource() string {
-	return r.resource
-}
-
-func (r reason) Service() path.ServiceType {
-	return r.service
-}
-
-func (r reason) Category() path.CategoryType {
-	return r.category
-}
-
-func (r reason) SubtreePath() (path.Path, error) {
-	p, err := path.BuildPrefix(
-		r.Tenant(),
-		r.ProtectedResource(),
-		r.Service(),
-		r.Category())
-
-	return p, clues.Wrap(err, "building path").OrNil()
-}
-
 func tagKeys(r identity.Reasoner) []string {
 	return []string{
 		r.ProtectedResource(),
diff --git a/src/pkg/backup/identity/identity.go b/src/pkg/backup/identity/identity.go
index 0f0d77416..2c375485d 100644
--- a/src/pkg/backup/identity/identity.go
+++ b/src/pkg/backup/identity/identity.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package identity
 
-import "github.com/alcionai/corso/src/pkg/path"
+import (
+	"github.com/alcionai/clues"
+
+	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/pkg/path"
+)
 
 // Reasoner describes the parts of the backup that make up its
 // data identity: the tenant, protected resources, services, and
@@ -14,3 +18,52 @@ type Reasoner interface {
 	// parameters (tenant, protected resourced, etc) that match this Reasoner.
 	SubtreePath() (path.Path, error)
 }
+
+func NewReason(
+	tenant, resource string,
+	service path.ServiceType,
+	category path.CategoryType,
+) Reasoner {
+	return reason{
+		tenant:   tenant,
+		resource: resource,
+		service:  service,
+		category: category,
+	}
+}
+
+type reason struct {
+	// tenant appears here so that when this is moved to an inject package nothing
+	// needs changed. However, kopia itself is blind to the fields in the reason
+	// struct and relies on helper functions to get the information it needs.
+	tenant   string
+	resource string
+	service  path.ServiceType
+	category path.CategoryType
+}
+
+func (r reason) Tenant() string {
+	return r.tenant
+}
+
+func (r reason) ProtectedResource() string {
+	return r.resource
+}
+
+func (r reason) Service() path.ServiceType {
+	return r.service
+}
+
+func (r reason) Category() path.CategoryType {
+	return r.category
+}
+
+func (r reason) SubtreePath() (path.Path, error) {
+	p, err := path.BuildPrefix(
+		r.Tenant(),
+		r.ProtectedResource(),
+		r.Service(),
+		r.Category())
+
+	return p, clues.Wrap(err, "building path").OrNil()
+}