Six years ago, the gathering in Xvim’s home would have been so far from reality, Zorian would have questioned his sanity if he had experienced
it. Now, poring over documents with Zach, Xvim, Alanic, Kael, and Taiven seemed the most natural thing. Everyone who was aware of the time loop was present. Zorian would have normally left Kael and Taiven out of this meeting—Kael because the boy had told Zorian to keep secrets from him in subsequent restarts and Taiven because she never fully believed in the time loop—but Xvim and Alanic had insisted they should be involved this time.
This wasn’t something Xvim and Alanic usually did, but Zorian had come to expect these kinds of sudden requests from them lately. Ever since they had started leaving messages and research notes to their future selves
