"Nor do I. But if you left when we were on Pang Lai, then you had not yet recovered your companions at the heart of Yggdrasil." And again he couldn't bring himself to explain what happened to Veronica. "We had gone beyond that. You had summoned a great winged whale and we flew on it's back to defeat the Lord of Shadows. Where I left off, we were headed back to see His Majesty King Carnelian to reunite him with his daughter Princess Jade."

Hendrik then tried the tiniest smile. "And if our timelines somehow merge here, you will regain your Luminary powers."