"If they're connected to the Crystals the same way we are...then they've always been waiting for us to arrive?" That was actually a depressing thought because what if their "hero" never showed up for some reason or another? Or fell into stasis just as quickly as they arrived?

Would the connection be broken? Or would they have to wait and hope?

She shook her head. "Not in the least," she confirmed. "And judging from some of the expressions on others...I don't think we're alone in that."