A/N: DUDE! I updated within 3 days! I'M SO PROUD OF MYSELF! Of course, this is the weekend, and tomorrow promises to be rather busy and therefore giving me absolutely no time to get any writing done, ;.; Oh well, at least this chapter's out. Yay!
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"It's complicated," She told them, "Come with me and I'll explain everything."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Michael exclaimed, shaking his head to clear cobwebs, "How the heck are we suppose to know this isn't a trick of some sort!" He demanded, now regaining the hardness of his voice.
"She really is a friend of yours?" Asked Griff in surprise.
"Looks like one friend, yes, but there's no way she could be, seeing as she's suppose to be dead." Daniel replied, putting his hands on his hips and leering at Raven, as if determined to detect a forgery.
Raven took a deep breath and sighed, "I can't admit I didn't expect there to be difficulties. Alright, ask me a question, one that only the real Raven would know." She said. They looked at each other, and considered.
"What is Arachnia's real name?" Shade asked.
Raven looked at him in slight surprise, "Chire'ni, but how do you know—?"
"What about her mother?" Daniel put in swiftly.
"Allira'shinade, but—"
"Final question: what is the bond between Raven and Chire'ni?" Asked Michael. Griff was staring at them, stunned to silence.
"Sa'velduild, Sisters by Oath." Came Raven's reply from out of nowhere. The three looked at each other, stunned. "But how do you know Chire'ni!" Raven demanded, almost tearing her hair out. And then a possibility occurred to her. "She's…she's alive, she's here, she's…She is, isn't she?" She asked, her eyes wide with hope. Duel feelings were welling up inside of her. In one, Chire'ni was there, she would have seen what happened, they could talk to her and she would know, she would know what happened. The other way, she was alive. Chire'ni, her sister…was alive.
"Let's go, we'll answer your questions if you answer ours." Daniel told her, ushering her out of the building. Grissom and Blade followed swiftly behind.
"We're with her." Grissom said when given a questioning glance.
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"No, I am not the Demon Raven reverted to human, far from it, the person you see right now is the exact same Raven you met 50 years ago. Judora transported me and Malorek through time to this point, why, I'm not sure, but it's happened. So basically I am currently in two places at once." Raven explained when they reached the edge of the town and no one else could hear them.
"Malorek? Don't you mean Malchior?" Asked Shade.
"No, Malorek Rechior, as a whole." Malorek answered, emerging from behind a tree into view.
The trio stopped and stared, then they looked at Raven, pointing at Malorek, "Huh?" They all said at the same time.
Raven resisted snickering and said, "Let's get back to the ship, the others will be wondering about us." She told them.
"What others?" Asked Daniel.
"Two others, friends." Raven answered.
"It's lucky we found them so swiftly, I really didn't expect you to." Malorek said, they nodded, and everyone took to the air, save Michael who was lifted expertly by Shade alone, both seeming to be use to this by now, and they followed Raven and Malorek back to the ship.
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Shila stared avidly at the three when they reentered the ship, "You…you found them, actually found them…wow." She suddenly ran up to them and shook Daniel's hand with a force that seemed to surprise him, "M-My name's Shila, nice to meet you Mr…Daniel? Yeah, you have the fire hair so you have to be Daniel. And you're Shade, right? So that means you're Michael!"
"Hey guys, look, we have a fan!" Daniel exclaimed as though this news surprised him, but he was grinning.
"Duuuuuuuuude." Was all Mace could say, and he shook his head, staring at Raven with wordless amazement, as though she had to be some mythical creature of utter luck or something.
"Now, can you explain to us about why tall, dark, and scary is suddenly tall, silvery, and sociable?" Michael demanded. Malorek paused, and then snorted in a fit of laughter.
"I, suppose we never explained all of that to them, did we?" He asked.
"Didn't we? You never saw Rorek, did you?" She asked them.
"Rorek?" The three looked at each other, but suddenly Shade pirked up.
"Oh, yes! Rorek was the white-haired one, wasn't he?" Everyone looked at him, "Malchior and Rorek are two halves of the same dragon, right? So naturally, Malorek Rechior must be the whole. A gray dragon, the most powerful of them all, correct?" He asked.
"Well, there are the deities, but they prefer to no longer exist on the planes of reality, apparently. Probably by order of the First God and all. Not that that's important." Malorek added.
"YOU'RE A DRAGON?" Shila and Mace both shrieked at the same time.
"What did you think I was, a spray!" Malorek demanded indignantly, though Raven saw hints of a smile around his eyes.
"No, I, er, thought you were an elf with his ears trimmed to look human." She answered guiltily. "But, how come you look human and all!" She asked.
"High dragons can shift their shapes to any form they please, usually, though they take on, er, similar characteristics to their original form. Such as, how they look to another dragon, would be how they looked to another horse, or cat, or, yes, human. In other words, I can't just take on any appearance I want without directly using illusions." He explained.
"Rrrrright," Shila said, looking rather nervous.
Mace, however, was ecstatic. "Really? How come you haven't transformed before now? I'll bet you could rip Judora apart that way!" He exclaimed.
"Actually no, that wouldn't be a good idea, it'd be that much more body mass for her to aim something foul at. Besides, dragons aren't suppose to exist anymore, not on earth anyway." Malorek answered.
"How did you know about Malorek, though?" Raven asked Shade.
"Yeah, what's that about?" Daniel demanded.
"Well, I simply remember Shenira mentioning some of it to us, the two of you probably don't remember because it was an offhand comment and currently you were staring at this one girl's—"
"Alright, we get it!" Daniel exclaimed, slapping a hand over Shade's mouth, but Shade's eyes twinkled with amusement.
Malorek's eyes suddenly narrowed, "Shenira?" He questioned slowly, looking at Raven, "As in, Chire'ni? The drow child?" He asked, his voice low and menacing. Everyone looked at him.
"You're talking about Arachnia, right?" Asked Shila suddenly, "What…what's wrong? Isn't Arachnia…?" She asked, looking specifically at Malorek. Daniel, Shade, and Michael were all staring at him as well.
"Ah, it's a bit complicated. You weren't there so…well, she came to our side, actually." Raven told him. "Listen, let's get all this straightened out, she's alive, right?" She asked the three, who nodded.
"She's been cultivating underground civilizations all over the world, protected from the Demon and the Sorceress as they're nearly impossible to find! She's probably one of the biggest reasons a lot of us are still alive!" Shila answered, giving Malorek an accusing look.
"She could know what happened, she was fighting alongside us against Judora, and don't give me that look! Listen, after I fought Shijuko, the higher demon, I was suddenly attacked by that Death Wraith that Judora summoned using young Vincent Gray! I would have died, or worse, had she not appeared at that time to save me! The ceremonial dagger she uses was once the weapon of choice used to kill the Death Wraiths, it was only because of that that I am standing here now. That's why I chose to forgive her! According to Shila she's also been trying to atone for her past sins with these civilizations. She's grown and she's realized her mistakes!" Raven defended, huffing slightly. The room was silent, no one dared speak, nor to ask a question. They were practically ignored.
"You, are entirely too forgiving when it comes to that woman." Malorek said, pointing a finger at Raven, "You cannot tell me you're forgiveness came solely because she saved your life and admitted her mistakes. You cannot tell me there is no lingering emotion tied to this, you cannot tell me that you don't still feel for her the way Avelona did. She does not deserve a second chance, Raven. Rorek should have let you kill her back then when she almost murdered Zacroma." He told her.
Raven bristled and stared him straight in the eye, "I'm not going to argue with you, because you're right. I can't say that my forgiveness came completely out of her redeeming herself, I can't say that I don't still feel a sisterly bond with her, because it's something that Avelona wanted more than anything else in her life, and that isn't going to go away so easily. But you're wrong on two accounts, everyone deserves a second chance, and Rorek was right to tell me that I would have regretted killing her then. I would have killed her if Zacroma had died, but she didn't. Besides that, her sins were against me, not you, the two of you had never even met before if I understand this correctly, and therefore you have no right to pass judgment." She said.
"If it wasn't for her…" Malorek growled.
"If it wasn't for her then what? So she wouldn't have killed Avelona, therefore she wouldn't have sent Avelona to the demon realm. Avelona would probably have decided to kill herself or live in the underground civilization for forever. If that were the case, then I wouldn't have been reborn, would I? Eventually she'd get tired of living, eventually she'd decide it wasn't worth it. This isn't Chire'ni's fault. It's Judora's fault. If it hadn't been for Judora, Avelona would not have given up and allowed Chire'ni to kill her. Alright?" Raven explained, staring up at him defiantly, her voice nearly growling as well.
Malorek seemed a bit taken aback, and he sighed in grudging defeat, "Very well, for your sake…but if she slips up once more, just once…"
"She won't." Raven refuted.
"But if she does."
"Alright, deal." Raven said, and then she turned to their audience, "Don't ask, just don't. Chire'ni and my pasts have been…turbulent. Let's leave it at that." She then turned to the three guys they'd been looking for, "Alright, if you know enough about Chire'ni to know all the things you asked me, you must be in contact with her, right?" She asked.
Daniel nodded, "That's right. In fact we were headed in her direction when you found us. I can show you where she is on your ship's map." He told her.
"How's that?" Raven asked, moving over to the consol in order to bring up a map of the British Isles.
"She invented these small gems that we all swallowed so that we would be able to slightly communicate and contact each other, also know where the other is at all times just in case. It's here, roughly anyway." He said, pointing to a spot a few dozen miles from their current location. Raven marked this with a blue dot and engaged the engine.
"No I am not going to explain to you who Avelona is or how she and Raven are the same person." Malorek told Shila as she opened her mouth. She shut it again and turned away, shrugging to the other three.
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Raven felt her heart pump madly in her chest and she tried to calm it down, but, like so many times before, this emotion did not seem to belong entirely to her, but to Avelona. Yet she couldn't keep Chire'ni out of her head, couldn't help but anticipate seeing her again, to hear her call her 'Velduil' once more. She wasn't too sure about these emotions, to be honest, perhaps Malorek was right and she was being too forgiving, but she couldn't help but feel she could trust Chire'ni. This one, at the very least, had worked to save the humans who had once oppressed her and her people. She had to have grown up quite a bit during the last 50 years, though it was doubtful whether this would show on her face and body.
They all landed in a place that, at first, there appeared to be nothing more than empty plane, almost a desert area, though it was obvious it had not originally been this way. Debris and stray pieces of unrecognizable objects that no one had bothered to clean up littered the area, though sparsely, as though there had, at least, been some cleaning up done. "Is this it?" Shila asked, sounding doubtful.
"Yep." Answered Daniel, he put his foot on a rock, a gesture that seemed completely pointless at first, but then the rock sank into the ground. He stood back, and then that very area of land opened like a trap door.
"Classic." Raven muttered.
"What's classic?" Shila asked, looking as though the idea were a stroke of brilliance. Raven sweatdropped, and forcefully reminded herself that the only schooling these kids probably had was in the school of hard knocks, kicked into such a high gear that things like 'classics' were viewed as ridiculous and unimportant learning material. When the world is on the break of destruction anything that doesn't aid in outright survival just seems pointless.
"How'd you know which rock to step on?" Asked Grissom.
"The ground was a touch harder in that section, usually indicating the use of metal, and the single rock in the middle of it sort of made the switch obvious." Daniel answered with a shrug.
"You probably also have a good idea of Chire'ni's style as well." Raven added, leading the way down the stairs. The trap door closed again when they were all inside, courtesy of something Shade had obviously done, and the tunnel suddenly became dark.
"Okay, can't see!" Exclaimed Shila, who then did something about the problem by summoning a sphere of raw electricity in her hand to illuminate the area, and it did so very well.
"Niiiiiice." Michael whistled, turning to Raven, "How come none of us got an awesome power like that?" He demanded.
"I don't choose what power you obtain, you do. Sub-consciously, yes, but you still choose." Raven answered, continuing down the path. Shila flushed a bit at the praise and did her best to keep the place illuminated for all of them, though neither Raven nor Malorek needed it.
Then they came to the end of the staircase and Shila no longer had to illuminate their way. Once their destination opened up to them, Raven stopped so abruptly that Malorek almost ran into her, she rubbed her eyes, and looked again. What…? The cave was huge, expansive with rock formations that had already been there, and places where it was obvious there had been some digging and chipping away. Water dripped in places, pouring in others, and there was a river to the side. Above them all was a huge globe that threw everything into sharp relief, and allowed Raven a better look at the other things that were going on.
People were bustling everywhere, some were shouting, other's chatting as they worked, some were bringing food in from somewhere, others were fixing it, and even more were working on actual structures. But the one structure that caught Raven's attention was the one at the far back. It looked like a castle made from the very rock itself, and built into the rock so that its actual size was quite a bit more than it appeared. That had been finished, it was the small houses (which, if you thought about it, were a bit unneeded), that were being built. But there was something, something familiar about that castle, so familiar, it was giving her a headache.
The three guys slipped past Raven and Malorek and began to make the decent, gesturing the rest to follow. Dumbly, Raven did, still gawking at the castle. Daniel let out a large shout, "WASSUUUUUUP!" Which was, apparently, a password as just about every head shot in their direction, some people even dropped what they were carrying, and a bold few started to cheer, leading the rest to do so as well. Raven and the others merely followed them through the crowds, she barely noticed the odd looks she and Malorek were getting, deciding it was only natural. She'd stopped staring at the castle, and instead was looking frantically ahead for any sign of white hair, black skin, or a body clad in any sort of spider design.
But the three seemed to know where they were going as she didn't have long to wait. Soon they had found themselves in what looked to be a sort of 'town square', where tables had been set up, most of which were lined with gadgets and people working on them, and a few with a lot of paper that looked to be structure plans. It was at one of the 'blueprint' tables where a familiar lithe form, wearing the black, white-webbed armor she had seen not so long ago, was standing. She had dropped her human form, but her black skin and white hair had, apparently, long since been accepted, even respected.
"Chire'ni?" Raven breathed, slipping forward in front of the others.
Chire'ni froze in mid-sentence, she'd been talking with a couple of men who looked to be her subordinates, but had stopped, and turned around, her blue, green-rimed eyes wide. And when she saw Raven, her jaw dropped. "Is it…possible?" She breathed, looking at Raven as though she couldn't believe her eyes. She took a cautious step forward.
"Shenira?" One of the builders questioned. She ignored him.
"Are you Raven returned, or an apparition?" Chire'ni asked.
"Nether." Raven answered, stepping forward.
"You don't look a day older than when I last saw you! How can this be?" She asked, but she was smiling, holding out her arms to embrace Raven. Raven felt a bit awkward at this, but was warmed all the same. Still, it was kind of embarrassing, especially among all these on-lookers.
"Because I'm not a day older. I have a lot of explaining to do, but the fact of the matter is that I have not reverted, or returned, but am in two places at the same time." Raven said. She felt oddly calm, peaceful, as if the longing had just been sedated by merely being near her adopted sister.
There was confusion in Chire'ni's eyes, and Raven could tell all she wanted to do was spill over and start gibbering, as was only natural in this kind of situation, but she suppressed it. "Very well, come, we can talk in the castle." She said, gesturing them all to follow her.
They passed a few people, carrying things, who didn't ask questions, and merely greeted Chire'ni politely before rushing off to their work. Halls and doors went past, each of which more familiar than the last. Raven could hardly keep her eyes away from all of it, it wasn't the halls themselves that were familiar, it was the architecture, the style, and it was driving her nearly insane, but at the same time she felt an unexplainable sense of belonging here. A sense that, she knew, belonged to Avelona.
"Chire'ni…" Raven began hesitantly, "This place, it…it's familiar. Why is that?"
Chire'ni turned and smiled, "This is drow architecture, Velduil. I'm glad you find it familiar, I was afraid I may have forgotten the old styles, here." She lead them into a room that was currently unoccupied, according to the bed and personal feel of it, this was probably Chire'ni's room. "Sit." She gestured to the large circular couches. There were many, obviously she was use to having a lot of company. Everyone did so, and Chire'ni took the seat on the left side of Raven (Malorek, of course, having the right). "Tell me what has been going on, no interruptions, just speak." She said, and Raven nodded.
Raven took a deep breath, and explained the situation as best she could, trying not to leave out any details that could help, including their observations and a lot of things that were way above the heads of the rest of their company. Chire'ni seemed to understand the whole time-paradox much more easily than most of the others, so it didn't take too long. "And now, what we really need, are details of what exactly happened so that, well, we might be able to change all of this. We have a way to do it, and I think we have…a friend that's trying to help as well." She finished.
Chire'ni closed her eyes in thought, digesting all of what Raven had just told her. "This friend," She said finally, "Do you have suspicions as to who it could be? A passed ally that, perhaps, felt it best not to be seen in case Judora discovered them?" She asked.
Raven bit her lip, "We…don't know…I have a theory but…Chire'ni, I have to ask…is there any chance that Allira'shinade might still be alive? Have been alive 50 years ago?" Raven asked.
Chire'ni stared at her, eyes sharp and piercing, but becoming stony themselves. "I…do not know." She turned away. "Velduil, you must understand, my mother had every right to kill me for what I'd done, it is our way, not, necessarily, the way of the drow, but it was our way. Instead I was banished to the overworld where I used the magic she had taught me to appear human. I knew human custom enough that I was able to survive that way. I don't know what may or may not have happened to her, since that day I haven't seen her, nor have I heard of her. It is unlikely, but not impossible, that she would still be alive." She answered.
Silence followed this pronouncement, Raven felt rather guilty for asking, but that couldn't be helped. "There's a chance…it may have been Allira'shinade who helped us. I'm not sure."
"What makes you say this?" Asked Chire'ni, rather shocked.
"Remember back then, when you and I had just defeated the Death Wraith, and we were going to a circular room where we met up with the others?" Raven asked. Chire'ni nodded slowly. "Remember what Robin, Zacroma, and Beast Boy said about nearly dying but being saved and all they saw was something white? I'd been dreaming of white, cloth I use to think, but then we came into this one area with hundreds of demons and they were all dead. There was this bottle lying in the middle of the floor partially filled with kethnic water that illuminated the entire room and a white cloth beside it. Malorek says that the bottle belonged to Avelona, so what if she had given that bottle to—why are you looking at me like that?" Raven asked, suddenly seeing the expression on Chire'ni's face.
"Raven…I have no idea what you're talking about." She said, "Robin, Zacroma, and Beast Boy…they died, Raven. It was only Cyborg, Starfire, and her sister, Blackfire, that we met in that room. The rest were brought in, dead, by their enemies, whom you killed in a blind rage. The room full of demons didn't consist of dead demons, Raven, and there was no such bottle with light waters." She told her.
Raven and Malorek stared at her, transfixed. "What?" They both exclaimed, eyes wide.
"I remember helping you, yes," Chire'ni told Raven, "But afterward, I used my most powerful spell to clear the way for you and the remainder of your friends. You transported me back to your Tower, where I met these three," She gestured to Daniel, Shade, and Michael, "I don't know what conspired afterwards, but next thing we knew, you were as you are now, a demon, and you began to rampage, completely out of control. We tried to stop you, the four of us, but we were no match for you. Even at the height of my strength I could not bring you down. No one else survived. I don't know the details of what happened and I never saw Judora in person, but I have a hunch that something sent you off the edge, beyond what the Tainted One had planned. So far as we know, this Trigon was never resurrected, which is a good thing, obviously, at least we know Judora's plan was still somewhat of a failure." She explained.
Raven and Malorek looked at each other for a moment, both wordless with confusion. "But…but the white something, the friend, how could she have been there from our memory and not yours? You were there, this doesn't make any sense!" Raven exclaimed, hitting her head. "You were there when we faced Judora…this isn't…how can we have different memories? Are you absolutely certain—"
"I am certain of what happened, Raven." Chire'ni answered firmly, "And your memories…they are far more recent, how could you have different memories from me?" She asked.
Raven shook her head, "Unless…Maybe I…" She stopped and her breath seemed to catch, "What if I told myself they survived so that—"
"Raven, that isn't right, you know that. I saw them, before I went after you, I saw them all there. Granted, I didn't see many, only glimpses, but I know Robin was there, and Chire'ni as well. Also, the bottle, Raven, you have the bottle." Malorek told her.
Raven paused, "That's right," She then brought the bottle from the jewel on her belt and showed it to Chire'ni. "This, this was on the floor, and next to it was this." She held out the white cloth.
Chire'ni took the bottle in her hands, "Raven this…this wasn't there. I never saw this. You claim it was surrounded by dead demons? That's not possible." She said, shaking her head.
"How, then? How! We have proof of…our…memories…" Raven stopped, her eyes suddenly widened with a dawning possibility.
"What is it?" Chire'ni questioned. But Raven turned to Malorek.
"Tarra said she saw something white after the snake that controlled her was killed, just before she was about to kill Beast Boy. Robin said he saw something white right after Slade was defeated, just before Slade was about to kill him,Zacroma said that she saw something white before she…changed, and then something touched her back and she was normal again…Malorek, we swore we would change this, that somehow we'd find a way…what if, what if we already have?" Raven asked.
Malorek stared at her, "What?" He asked in amazement.
"Listen, the white cloak I saw before falling, the white that Terra, Robin, and Zacroma saw…what if that was my cloak? What if, all this time, our friend has been me, us! Zacroma…this water would have forced her to change, and remember what she said about being able to nullify my unchecked power through close contact, what if the reverse is true as well? What if I touched her back? What if we destroyed the demons before the others got there, what if I put this very bottle and cloth in the middle of the wreckage for my other self? What if it's actually my own white cloak that I've been seeing in my dreams!" Raven exclaimed suddenly standing up.
"Raven that…that would be…Gods…" Malorek breathed, "But then, if we already prevented this future, then how come it has happened?" He asked.
"An effect of the paradox, no doubt." Raven began to pace, "We use Zacroma's blood to go back farther in time to change the past, a little after we all get separated and captured, that would create a sort of hole, or passage, allowing us to do what we have to. When we go back in time to prevent this from happening, this particular future will never have happened, but another future just like this will take place for the two of use who are sent through the time portal, beginning this exact same cycle. Meaning that once we, ourselves, go back to the time in which you and I were sent here, the cycle will simply end as thought it never existed. Because, even with Zacroma's blood, time will struggle against us to put everything back in order. It's already happened, in a sense. All of this has already happened to the ones who helped us, the us who helped us. In a sense, we're living their lives right now, I am saying exactly what the other me must have said. Everything has been pre-lived, and however it plays out for us was however it played out for the other us!" She exclaimed.
"But, Raven, how would this cycle have changed? How could we have done anything to deviate?" Malorek asked.
"It would be an effect of Judora's sending me through time and back. Each cycle something would have had to be different, because the paradox would make it so. Especially if, and this is just a theory, Judora could have made contact with her past/present self! Why else would Judora send me to the future if not so her own future, and more experienced, self could perform the rituals she previously could not in order to change me and send me back? Theoretically of course, but if Judora sent me to the future just to get me out of the way, her future self would have known to try and keep me from being sent until after the ritual to resurrect Trigon was complete…but then, at the same time, it's unlikely that he could be resurrected, even using Malorek, if I wasn't in the same time. This must have been the case, I mean, why not send me to another world if all she wanted was to get rid of my friends, who, obviously, were very few at this point? That has to be it. But then each time would be different, because each contact Judora made with her past or future self may have been different, and each plan slightly altered. Eventually I may have remembered Zacroma's blood on my own, because obviously you weren't suppose to have come into this time with me," She gestured to Malorek, "And I may have used it to protect myself from whatever ritual she used to revert me, and then forced it to send me back to a time when I could have changed things. Also, that bottle was Avelona's right? And Avelona must have had a sub-space pocket. Well, the entire premise behind a sub-space pocket is that it's tied to your soul, so one time I may have actually been able to summon that bottle and known, somehow, to fill it with the kethnic water on the T-Tower! But now that it's all been set in motion, now that everything seemed to have been set up for us, time will correct itself. Once we go back through the cycle once more, it will have to. We'll want to be careful, make sure we do everything just right, but it will work, it has to, because it's already worked." She answered.
"Um…could you explain all of that in a way that us ignorant humans would be able to understand?" Shila asked in a small voice.
Raven shook her head, "There's really no way of explaining it so that it's simple. Time is something very few magic-users dare to mess with, it has very firm laws and severely punishes those who try to break them without taking certain precautions. The alterations up until now will, undoubtedly, have been from Judora trying different ways of achieving her goal, correcting her mistakes, of course. It is most likely that this Judora may try something different from the Judora that our future selves, who are now in the past, had to deal with, but it's just as likely that she won't in order to satisfy the paradox. It's also possible that the times that Judora sends me have changed to being later and later in order to give herself more time to prepare for it. Zacroma's blood would, likely, have worked, and will work, with time in order to give us the exact same situations and ordeals that the ones who helped us did."
"But what makes you so sure that it's this time that the paradox will be satisfied?" Malorek questioned.
"I remember Judora's face when she saw all of us there in front of her. She had obviously neither expected us there that early, nor had she expected all of us to be there. At first I thought it was simply she was shocked her plan had failed, but what if it was what her future self told her that changed and caused her shock? It all fits together! It all makes sense! Granted, we still don't know how we're going to get to that point, but if we don't, well, there'll be hell to pay, that much I can tell you." She explained.
"So…no pressure then, huh?" Daniel said.
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