[image description: cut to close-up of sigfrido with only the yellow clam shell sconce breaking up the monotony of the sea of crimson behind him. “the watchers thought the same thing you did,” he explains with a super serious look on his face; “that your use of the device caused the anomaly. so they deleted it from the lot. you see, they can’t comprehend how an effect can precede a cause, and i couldn’t be bothered to explain it to them. but without the time machine, you and your friends can’t fix the timeline, so i’ve secretly returned it to you.”]
