"Something irritating is afoot. I have seen this exchange many times before, and this is the first time I inquired."

She tilts her head, "Something irritating with time, which tends to lead to ordeals that involve far less violence than I like and far more dealing with feelings and troubled pasts than is interesting at all. I could explain the Abyss of Time to you, but it is not as interesting a story as it should be."