He waited a moment, head tilting slightly to the side, before visibly relaxing. He rolled his neck, getting the muscles to relax, before taking a seat. "Because I have had a time reset spell up for the last two weeks, renewing it as it hit the halfway point, just in case. Paranoia is my constant companion now, as I am dealing with an entrenched Barid, the second absolute worst case I could have to deal with. The worst is an entrenched Barid in open warfare with a beyonder Verdelet, and I am not even slightly established. Yes, one of the timelines dealt with that. Calling it apocalyptic is like calling a flood slightly wet. I spent nearly three millennia there, fighting Verdelet's and occasionally Barid's forces as I tried to determined what exactly went wrong.<br/><br/>What happened is that I mortally wounded Barid, but permanently died in the attempt. Hence why I was trying to gently phase him into the afterlife.  And why I didn't say anything earlier? What would it accomplish other than causing you to doubt your own daughters? I was not, at that time, willing to cause that fear and doubt in you, but I know Barid, and unlike Verdelet, he was NEVER willing to kill the people around someone to get to the target. He might do it while getting to the target, but never to get the target out of ground."