"Time theory," he echoes a bit dully, mulling that over. "Time is... fickle. If this wizard held the talisman then he must have mastered it to some degree, correct? I'll admit it isn't my usual arena."

But he knows people - things that operate between time itself. It isn't a completely foreign concept by any means, it's only something he's never had much success in personally. If he could go back, bring back his mother? Reverse Astra's damnation and his own? Of course, he would. But the cost would be too high, it would plunge his world into darkness. He wouldn't risk it, not when it was already rising on its own.

"What do you know about the other talismans?"