"Twelve!" says Bina. "You did it!"

"Yep!" says Twelve.

"Also you're - you are - uh - you are currently on fire!" says Bina, pointing.

"Still?" asks Twelve. "I thought I got it all out…"



"Are you all right?" asks Bina.

"No," says Twelve. "Do you think she's dead this time?"

"I don't know if 'dead' is a thing she can be, but I don't think she's climbing out now."

"Good enough," says Twelve. "Why didn't you leave? This loop is done."

She's not wrong. The sky is peeling open again. Paradox takes no prisoners.

"I was waiting for you," says Bina.