"And this is why we don't close time portals with our spooky hands," says Amie. "We use our regular hands for this task."

"Heh," says Bina, not really a laugh. "Yeah… The portal didn't close. Not entirely."

"What?" asks Kendra, "The one downstairs?"

"I went back down and checked, while you were, you know, busy with Elizabeth. You can still see the cracks even without unlight. They're faint, but they're there."



"I - this is the first I'm hearing of this."

"You were busy with Elizabeth."

"What does it mean?" asks Amie.

"I don't know," says Bina. "I asked Edwards to put some police tape over the door so nobody's going in there for right now, but…"



"Maybe it was open too long or something happened when Piotyr crashed into it as it was closing or…"

Bina takes a deep breath and leans back in her chair.

"… or maybe the fabric of time is just getting tired. I don't know."