Swamped

You opt to hold that trick in reserve. Maybe you can get back on the subject that brought you here in the first place.

"Aren't you concerned about the pirates?" you ask.

"Only in that it means subtler methods have failed," she replies. "Not that I am surprised. The others tend to be overconfident in their success."

Others. So she's not working alone. Probably already involved with the Master you've heard about, though you still don't know much. And she seems to know something about this pirate attack. Which means the Master's probably got a hand in that as well.

Maybe there's something nearby they don't want anybody seeing? So they're trying to stop the ship from getting any further. Either sink them, or scare them into turning back. That might explain why you never heard anything about this voyage.

But that's all guesses. You're not even sure what she's planning to do. Maybe she'll capture you so her allies can figure out what's going on with you... and it would probably be bad if they somehow grasped time travel from a closer look. Or maybe she'll just kill you.

Then again, if that was it, she probably would have done it already. She hasn't even tried to incapacitate you. She's just being very intimidating.

Maybe because she can't tell if the time magic is some kind of defense. If she doesn't know what it is, she can't rule that out.

Another thing you could potentially use to your advantage, if only you had some idea what you were trying to accomplish.

Well. You figure that the safest thing is probably to find some way to get back to your own time, and let fate settle what happens to this damned ship. But you're not going to do that while Carma is threatening you.

So what's your next move?