Balance had helped Sharp Point find the Bearers as a means to give Night a true chance to connect to his Element as well as undo the harm Balance had created when it had delayed Night's birth. Balance had chosen these six due to the fact they would be very unlikely to succeed; gambling that the Nightmare would take the Captains as much more serious threats and move harder against them then the current Bearers. Balance had helped countless crimes and murders to ensure that it was able to guide the Bearers in subtle ways that the former Nightmare could not detect. Balance had affected the bonds of time between the worlds by bargaining with Time, though Harmony could tell those were even now being repaired, allowing time to flow evenly on both sides once more. Balance had stained itself so it would be able to defeat the former Nightmare and Balance had done worse than kill the former Nightmare. No being deserved that torment and there was no way to rescue the former Nightmare without risking all of Creation and Reality.