In the morning, under the hip bone of a giant creature, Rask absentmindedly addresses the whole group:

”Where and when -ever we are is where Raiden wants us, no doubt…”

“I think there are… is? Not really more than one timeline. You all know more about magic and crow-know-mancy than me, but it seems like as little as possible has changed since we saw the Dragon in Nodden Tor compared to before we used all four keys.”

He looks towards Alexis briefly,

”You’ve talked about threads weaving themselves together around Frostbite Pass… you said you saw… various versions of Hadonis and Alikimo… What if those are POSSIBLE versions not different versions?”

”’Our’ Hadonis… he saw the tear twice? He’s different from everyone else you’ve looked at, that way…”

“Somehow Time or The Dragon compensates…”

“or something…”

”No matter. We are here. Now. To stop Sasherak and Bandesing.”