Albel's eyes narrowed and he pursed his lips. Jack's quick answer annoyed him. Still, the Time Travel Man usually had a point, and Albel tried to give him the benefit of the doubt rather than outright insulting him. Maybe no one did have the right to take the power and responsibility of divinity. Maybe no one person could be trusted with it. Maybe not even Terra.

"So something else is causing the Calamity? And that's what we need to stop?" he asked. It wasn't a bad idea, exactly... But...

"Do we have time for that right now? If that's true, then of course we must stop the true cause -- but if the Calamity is progressing too quickly, then we'll have to find a way to at least slow it reliably."