🕓 ─ 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙊𝙛 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚.

“𝑨𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒂, 𝑰 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒆.” — Cᴏɴᴛᴜᴍᴇʟʟɪᴀ ᴏғ Tɪᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ Sᴘᴀᴄᴇ. ✦ ⸻ 𝐴 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑓 #Nᴏᴄᴛɪs. ⸻ ✦

He pauses drinking his cup of tea mid sip. “. . .Hm. Curious.” It's very rare he and alternate versions of him come to inhabit the same corner of reality. This was a... Unexpected outcome.

Immediately freezes—. “Sweetheart— That is a /Time Beast/.” He doesn't sound disgusted, more like more concerned than he was already — She couldn't... Oh no, no, they couldn't! And he's warned her! Multiple times!

He thought so as well... Turns out the damned things really /are/ an invasive species. She needs to look out for more rampaging ones and keep the eggs in a hermetically sealed shield made from her own cosmic energy— make sure /nothing/ can get out. He'll go get them soon.

Not again— Who found and hatched another clutch of /Time Beasts/, Again?? ...Nrgh—! That comes later. Right now? A rather annoyed Paradox is currently chasing down and de-aging the Time Beasts, utilizing his wings to speed up the process.. There goes his calm sunday afternoon.

Cue very polite y a w n. “Have I missed anything?” ( Technically possible, although he can see multiple events at once through the Timestream there... /is/ a limit. )

Oh, she misunderstands! He's not upset, more like amused. those two have fought Ben and Jade even /knowing/ that the other existed across several timelines... one would think they'd give up by now!

??? “Richard Paradox-Tennyson, you come back here right now!” uh oh. stern dad mode has been activated.

... Son? what is it?

He simply sighs, waving his non-metallic hand around— and suddenly, he had a cup of steaming coffee in his hand. Ready for consumption. “I am... Doing alright. I rather, came to see how you were doing.”