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"I don't know! I'm not a wizard! You seem to know what it is, so why don't you tell me?" you ask.

She looks at you for a while. You stand perfectly still, feeling that she'll strike the moment you make a move.

"I don't know. Time magic is hardly commonplace. Which is why I am so interested in how you came across it."

"If it's not that common, how do you know it's time magic?" you ask. You can't really think of anything to do other than trying to throw her off with questions.

"I've seen it once before. You don't need to know where."

You can't help but think about the fact that Carma is the last person you remember seeing before you were sent to the past. You wonder if there's some connection here. If you were sent to a key moment in her past, specifically, for some reason.

Well, if that's it, you've got no idea what that reason is. Could be anything.

And all you can hope to do is say something that confuses her...

Wait. You know her name, but she hasn't mentioned it. You could try saying it and seeing how she reacts. Then again, she already seems to view you as a threat, and that might mark you as knowing too much. Which could give you an entirely new set of problems.

So how should you handle this?