Watson was in the wrong Australia. Her contact located the phoenix in Australia, but winked. That meant a different country.
She could time travel, but if she ended up in another timeline, it was over.
If this was the Convergence, the detour was necessary.
When she finally located her, on top of the Austrian Alps, it was giving its death throes, bursting into flames by a bear. Only ashes remained.
Watson sat down by the ashes.
"Hey. Smells like fried chicken here. Why not come back in a human body? We can talk."
She didn't know if anyone was listening.