The umbragen nods gently in response to Kasumi's question and speaks softly, but steadily.  "Perhaps.  Or it only felt that way.  I cannot say."  Her face tilts slightly toward the monk, her glistening black eyes fixing on her.  "Time is only an awareness of what has already happened, I think."  She walks that way for some time, then turns her eyes back to the darkness ahead.  "I did not mean to fail you so dearly.  I am sorry."  She fixes her gaze straight ahead then, remaining stone-faced and hidden.  "You may link to my mind again, if you wish."