His eyes were filled with gravity and solemnity.
Clearly.
During those months of bloody fighting in the Main Universe, he had learned certain secrets concerning the future and time.
He had learned the truth about the Time War.
Lynn stared straight at him and said:
"If I had a choice, I wouldn't want any part in your conflicts. Time, Calamity, whatever-all I ask is that my family, my friends, and I can stay alive. Is even that small wish impossible?"
The old knight's eyes flickered as he looked at him and said:
"The Great Lord once said the same thing, child."
"If we had a choice, we wouldn't want to draw you into this either. But there is no other way now. You are the last Raven in this world, and every choice you make determines the course of the future."
A faint smile appeared on Lynn's face. He pointed at his temple and said:
"Then bring your Great Lord back, kill me, implant his memories, and let him run everything. Wouldn't that be better?"
The old knight looked at him without saying another word for a long time.
Only after a long while.
His voice rang out again, heavy with immense exhaustion.
"Perhaps it has happened before, Lynn."
"Perhaps that was exactly how the first attempt went..."
A vast silence engulfed Sky City.
Lynn was unable to speak for a long time. For a long time afterward, those words the knight had spoken to him that day would return to him in his dreams, leaving him unable to sleep.
[We are on the right track.]
If what he had said was true.
Then was the history they were experiencing now already the result of adjustments?
All for the sake of some correct ending?
Then who was directing everything from