I... I am afraid that I am lost.

"You are? Please explain."

"I am lost; nothing more. I have failed them; I have failed you. And now, I am lost."

"You are not lost; we have not been failed. There is still time left."

"No! There is no more time. I cannot help them any longer. If I interfere once more, it shall just start all over again!"

Mira bowed her head down, and her wings became limp.

"Do not ever think I am disappointed in you..."

"I never thought that. I am disappointed in myself."

"You act so strangely. What happened to you?"

"You tell me.."

"Why do you not believe?"

"I cannot save them."

"Believe in yourself..."

"I cannot!"

"You have found the hopeless, and have gifted them more hope then I ever thought possible...

You have defeated evil; reunited the justified.

''You have saved millions... millions! Perhaps more to come!"''

"I'm not the one.

I'm no longer chosen. I'm not--"

"There is still time!"

"I don't believe you."

"You have always believed. If not, then why do I stand before you?"

Mira stood up straight, and focused her gaze down. The house became dark, and the only light to be seen was the gentle blue glow that came from Mira's feathers.

Sir had no response; Mira was right. Had he never found out the truth, had he never come to ancient Jamaa... He would have never been chosen by Mira. The real Phantom portal would still remain. But did even Mira know the truth?

"If I hadn't shut down the portal... Then, then..."

"Go on."

"They would have taken over the dimension. Maybe more."

"Yes..."

"I can't do it again."

"Why not...?"

Mira's eye's began to darken. Was there a tear in her eye...?

"Why don't you understand, Mira?!

It won't ever stop. It's just a cycle. Every time they win, it restarts. Over and over."

"What?"

"I have already done it countless times. Do you know how many times I have seen her die? Seen you die? You may think that when you 'go back in time,' those things don't matter. But they have already happened. Each 'time travel' is just another world that get's to be destroyed.

Do you think I tell the truth? Do you think I have saved more lives than I have led to their death? Each failure is not meaningless. All the millions of lives you mention? Those lives have already been lost hundreds of times."

Mira was horrified; for she had been lied to. "You... You want to let them try it on their own?"

"Yes."

"Why? They're going to die too. If you failed so many times, I cannot even imagine how much they will lose..."

"We can always try again..."

"We can't! You JUST said that every universe matters!

What kind of monster are you? You're the only one who can help, yet you deny it."

"I DO NOT DENY IT!"

Mira became silent; and soon she ended the hologram communication. Sir found himself alone; as always. What had he done?

Sad and remorseful, Sir rebooted the hologram communications, and reluctantly contacted the next Mira. Maybe this time she wouldn't know about the secret...