"I can see the whole timeline."

"Does that mean the 'free will' distinction isn't quite as useful as we were guessing, if you know what everyone's going to do -?"

"Did you question whether you had free will when you met Sibyl? Because it's just like that."

...could be quibbled over but whatever. "What are other things that don't work how Elves think they work?"

"That's a secret!"

"Is secrecy beautiful?"

"It can create opportunities for beauty."

"Do any Erus make non-Ardas instead?"

"...I think some might. Under the right circumstances. I do not know of any."

"...would there be Erus you didn't know about -?"

"There are as many Ardas as stars in the night sky, I told you that! I know everything about my world, but I do not know everything about all worlds. I could, but it wouldn't be very beautiful."

"Do you know how alts work in general?"

"Yes, I do!!"

"Is that also a secret?"

"...I think so, yes." A pause. "Hmm, yes, definitely!"

"...what changed between 'I think so' and 'yes definitely'?"

"I was looking at the outcomes of explaining!"

"What happens if you tell me how alts work?"

"Fewer beautiful things!"

That's worrying. But probably not fixable. "Where do Erus come from?"

"Erus just are."

"Do you know how many?"

"Four hundred ninety three million, six hundred twenty two thousand and four!"

"I did tell you they were like stars. There are a lot of stars."