"I guess if you had full time travel nailed down, we'd have known about it a while ago." It's for the best. And she gets the idea that she's way more transparent than she wants to be with how easily Pen jumps to going backwards. It's almost like it's written all over her face or something.

Still, it's on her mind, and her fingertips touch the band of her eyepatch underneath her hair. She can pretend she's brushing her hair backwards, but she's full of shit. "So we need to steal more research, I guess. Just keep your eyes out for anything that looks important and don't break any soul bottles."