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Gamester: We must locate the Empress, assuming she still exists...
Mischief: Is that because she still poses a threat to the flow of time?

Gamester: So you DID pay attention in temporal mechanics class. Yes, to a degree, we must find her to preserve temporal completeness.

Gamester: But she also holds the key to finding the culprit who caused the paradox in the first place. She may not consciously know, but the first iteration's imprint should still be readable.

Gamester: Whoever tampered with this universe's time stream is highly dangerous. Time is of the essence... so to speak...