"You believe your...Time Agency is the only line of defence when the continuum is damaged," the figure said. "It isn't. There are beings beyond your comprehension who intervene if the situation is serious enough. Usually it will pass before your kind is aware of anything having occurred but this was...different. The fracture was so severe it could not simply be fixed how it usually would. When this occurs there is one being who exists to deal with this."<br/><br/>"Merlin..." Jake asked, confused.<br/><br/>"Merlin was...an anomaly," the figure said. "At least, that's the closest word I can find for it in your language. I...he...existed with the sole purpose to grow into the one who would undo the damage."<br/><br/>"Couldn't you bring him back?" Jake asked.<br/><br/>"Not without risking reopening the fracture he sealed," the figure asked. "I believe you two will have a child one day, but it will not be him, or not that version of him anyway. I can promise you one thing, you two may not have memories of it but you were fantastic parents to him."