His hands stilled in front of him as she spoke. New questions immediately arose. Did those returned to their worlds come from the same point of time they left or in the future? Were those taken back from their respective worlds pulled from the same place in time? Did they recall? How much time passed between one pull and the other? Did it correspond with the City's time?
But all of these questions were stymied because his wish not to overwhelm his new friend, nor did he think she had the answers he wanted. Nor did he thing that they were necessarily helpful to his current situation.
He blinked with his nictitating eyelids. His vision became a little clearer with it.
"I...wouldn't want to impose for something that could end up being folly, Beauty... he stammered.