[She wished she believed it could. She wished she could be so naive as some of their number, who seemed to think ALASTAIR would return them to their worlds as if they'd never left, possessed of all the knowledge and wisdom and changes they'd accrued in service to Audentes.
But while innocence was beauty, ignorance was death. She'd learned that.]
For a group that is all about preserving their idea of the correct "timeline", I cannot believe they would allow us to return to our worlds capable of changing the natural course of events with acquired magics, foreknowledge, or technology.
[It's why she's had anything important she's discovered tattooed on her skin beneath her gown, one more possible way to smuggle it back to her world in case her mind should be wiped clean, why she can't bring herself yet to even want to go home if it meant the loss of everything she's gained.]
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[She wished she believed it could. She wished she could be so naive as some of their number, who seemed to think ALASTAIR would return them to their worlds as if they'd never left, possessed of all the knowledge and wisdom and changes they'd accrued in service to Audentes.
But while innocence was beauty, ignorance was death. She'd learned that.]
For a group that is all about preserving their idea of the correct "timeline", I cannot believe they would allow us to return to our worlds capable of changing the natural course of events with acquired magics, foreknowledge, or technology.
[It's why she's had anything important she's discovered tattooed on her skin beneath her gown, one more possible way to smuggle it back to her world in case her mind should be wiped clean, why she can't bring herself yet to even want to go home if it meant the loss of everything she's gained.]
... though that is simply my theory.