"It was considered a final resort back home for me," she said, treating the topic with as much reverence as Ellana seemed to. "As we were preparing for the worst, the leader of our resistance put together an elite, strike team, tasked with the possibility of going back in time to prevent the rise of a...war lord."

She neglected to mention that she'd been placed on that team.

It didn't matter.

"I'm not sure how this Magister intended to weaponize it...especially going forward instead of back..."