Draiss listened to Gammon, and waited until he was sure the Inevitable was done before nodding. "So, lets work under the assumption that the enemy, who I will refrain from naming since, as a god, she can direct her attention via scrying to anyone that speaks her name aloud, did this. She manages to open a portal, but either Fate or one of your Quaruts nudges me to be away, knowing a direct confrontation would be a disaster, at best, for it. They replace my mother with a corpse, raid the village, and then head back, having no idea when I was going to return or where I was, as the adventure against the kobolds was a spur of the moment decision and nobody got told. That means, worst case, is that my mother is alive somewhere, some time, and V has her. For some reason that idea doesn't appeal."<br/><br/>He sighed, and leaned back, before considering what Gammon said. "So, if I pursue the ability of time travel, at best I maintain the status quo. So unless you tell me otherwise, I will not continue working with the intent on manipulating the distant past, but the immediate past would be an ideal action and would be what I would work toward."<br/><br/>He paused, and gave Gammon a significant look, waiting to see if it felt that it had to reveal something to Draiss about the past. "I do know I will make one major journey back, but that appears to be at the climax of my and her battle."