In the corridors of the Time Variance Authority, Sylvie strode forward while Loki followed behind her. He said to Sylvie, "Do you think Ravonna was telling the truth? Even if we gathered the strength of all the Lokis, we still couldn't deal with the Director?"
"But we have to try. We can't just sit here and wait to die, can we?" Sylvie said, looking back without slowing down. As she walked, she added, "Even if you're right and the Director won't be back for a long time, we still need to prepare early."
"Actually, I have a bad feeling. His departure is only temporary. One day, he'll come back. I just hope that by then, if we join forces, we'll be able to hold him off."
Sylvie pushed open an office door and looked around the room. Then she said, "This should be it. This machine, right? The yellow machine—that's what Ravonna said?"
Loki stepped forward and studied the machine as he thought aloud. "Ravonna said the Time Variance Authority could prune other people's timelines. The small devices used to prune someone's timeline could only target one person at a time, so she used the burst from a larger machine to send all the troublesome Lokis away at once."
Sylvie walked over and patted the side of the machine. "So if we want to go to the Void and find that group of Lokis, we'll need to use this machine too. But..."
Sylvie glanced at Helen, whom Loki held in his arms. She hesitated before saying, "I know you and your daughter are inseparable, but what we're about to do will definitely be dangerous. You'd better leave her here."
"No! No! I don't want to stay here!" Helen began shouting, crying and fussing as she clung to Loki. Sylvie tried