... wait, are you from the future?

[he just. takes a moment to rub his face with his palms.] Do you have any idea how many natural laws are being broken right now? I thought the state of life and death here was horrifying, but now you're- we're dealing with time anomalies? Oh Merle, if you think the laws of death are strict you haven't seen anything, and-

And... [just. a sigh.] Oh, I don't know. [he rubs his forehead before giving in] Taako saved me? That's... good. Or potentially good, in my future, assuming time hasn't broken.

[with that out of the way he just gives merle a long stare.] You know what, I'll take this one. It's on me that I assumed any of you would take this sort of thing seriously, given you're- well. You.

The Raven Queen is not going to be happy about any of this.