Undone.

[ At least, he would think so. This is their timeline in places it could have gone but will not, with their presence both here and in the past. It could continue, next to the timeline he will return to -- but the Outsider has never known time to be that way. He has seen so many possibilities, but there is only ever one end. ]

There is another rifter here who insists that this is not related to magic at all, but I have seen things like this before. There is no science here that explains how we were thrust forward into the future. His understanding of time is- that of his worlds, I imagine, but it is fixed there. He insists that we can change nothing, that to try would erase ourselves.

I disagree. I have seen things like this before. I have watched one bleak future become something less so. Even if I did not, the others that I am with have no intention of letting this be the fate of Thedas and the Inquisition.

[ There is no doubt there. The Outsider is certain of all of this, but he needs Thranduil to be warned, just in case. Some may listen, may decide that sending them back is not the correct thing to do. They may well need Thranduil's aid, should it come to it.

The statue closes its eyes for a moment, fingers pinching the bridge of its nose. When the hand is dropped and the Outsider's voice comes again, it is a bit softer. ]

Forgive me. Five years may seem as nothing in many cases, but- I imagine it is not so, with how things have been.