She glanced at him as he started to piece together everything he'd experienced. It hadn't taken him long and she wasn't surprised. Were they anywhere else, at home in the Sanctuary or somewhere else in their world, she would have kept him guessing. But here it didn't matter and somehow... somehow having someone in the know with her made her feel less alone.
A part of her disliked how much she needed someone on her side, but as Will hadn't yet arrived and she hoped he never would, she knew Nikola would be a good substitute.
"I knew you'd figure it out sooner or later."
Congratulations, Nikola.
"I remember you asked me about it when I was the present version but I hadn't known then what you meant. Going through with it as the person who shouldn't be there was the only option I had to keep the timeline straight. It seems I was successful."
For various values of "successful." It had changed her, as Nikola had recently figured out. And this likely wasn't the only time she had pulled something like that.