"We're in a Time Loop," Arthur said to Stelan the moment he ended the call to Kelly.
Pointing at the gate door, he continued, "The loop ends the moment I enter that door, and it restarts the moment I walk out my office door."
Stelan's expression darkened instantly as he glanced at the door, then he thought about how Arthur already knew what he was going to say before he said it.
"So that's how you knew my words?"
The man had some doubts, but they faded not long after they formed, as he knew from experience that even though Arthur liked to mess around a lot, even he had limits.
'What's more, he's kind of mellowed out since he came back this time. Something must have happened to him outside the universe to cause that change.'
Stelan kept that observation to himself and turned his gaze back to the door to Arthur's office.
"How do we get out of this loop, then? To begin with, how didn't you notice us being put into a loop? You've got a Temporal Authority, don't you?"
