Two accounts described it as having been transplanted recently, while another said it had stood there since it was planted in Ancient Times. The contradiction had caught Rex's attention, but he had never managed to work out what it meant and eventually abandoned the question. A real world was still a real world, and practical issues had to be considered. How could something as powerful as the World Tree be easy to transplant? Besides, why had Rex established an intelligence network? To investigate matters one by one. Even with the Undead Scourge, he still had to uncover the details, because the original history could serve as a reference, not as an accurate record of reality. After years of testing, Rex had found that the broad course of events remained unchanged, but many other things differed in their details. Teldrassil was one example. It still existed, but it had not been transplanted; it had been there all along.
After chatting with Rex for a while and finishing her complaints, Tyrande looked at him and asked, "Tell me, what important business brought you here this time?"
Although Tyrande did not know the saying about never visiting a temple without a reason, she understood the idea. Someone like Rex would never come calling for no reason. Given his current position, his every move attracted attention. He could not act lightly without risking unwanted consequences. On this visit to the Night Elves, for instance, plenty of people had seen him along the way. By now, reports of his journey had surely already spread.
The Orcs in The Barrens, for example, had probably grown restless the moment they learned that Rex had come to visit the Night Elves.
The conflict between Orcs and humans ran bone-deep. Although their hatred had only begun a few short