human
Tinasha:  Tinasha got straight to the point. "How much do you know about that orb?"
gpt
Lavinia:  "I could ask you the same thing. I got it from a traveling fortune-teller somewhere around two hundred years ago. I was told it was a magic implement that could change the past, if the wielder was determined to do so."
human
Tinasha:  "Determined to do so…" Tinasha repeated. That described it perfectly. The orb truly did test the user’s determination. The present was wiped clean for the sake of the past, and there was no guarantee of success. It was a gamble that risked the user’s very existence. Wondering if there was more Lavinia would share, Tinasha voiced a doubt she had been harboring for a while. "We know that using the orb puts the user in considerable danger. But what about other ramifications? Does the backlash and distortion from altering time manifest in obvious ways? Are the laws of nature and the existence of the world affected?"
gpt
Lavinia:  "From the perspective of someone watching before time is altered, using the orb would seem to distort every outcome. Those of us who exist after the change remain ignorant, however. Whether it infringes on the laws of nature and threatens the world’s existence can only be determined after the dust settles. At the very least, we cannot be aware of anything in the present moment."
human
Tinasha:  "I suppose that’s… true." Tinasha replied softly. There was no way to verify the specific consequences that might spring from rewriting history, which ultimately meant that those consequences didn’t matter. Even witches were powerless to know what had changed.
gpt
Lavinia:  "According to the fortune-teller, using the orb was the equivalent of sticking a pin into the world itself."
human
Lavinia:  "You could pull in a future that wouldn’t exist otherwise and stick a pin in to keep it there. The fortune-teller said to think of it like the world was a dead insect with thousands of pins stuck into its legs and wings to hold it open. Even as the world tries to return to its original state, the orb responds with more pins. That’s the cycle."
gpt
Tinasha:  "A pin…" The orb threw pins at the world as it attempted to restore itself. There was no telling how many times that cycle had repeated. And if that was the case… Tinasha realized something, and an involuntary shiver suddenly ran through her whole body. Would this back-and-forth go on forever? Could it go on forever? How much longer could the world endure being speared through? Tinasha had no answer, for indeed, none would come until the final outcome revealed itself. Perhaps one day, everything would abruptly disappear, and they would never know. At the very least, each use of Eleterria unceremoniously erased the world. Before Tinasha could get too lost in such frightening thoughts, she felt Lavinia’s gaze on her and looked up.