"Well. It seems all the pieces are on the board, wouldn't you agree?? She is where she needs to be, as the fates demand it."

"I guess? But... I mean.... Really... I don't understand. How does plucking a woman out of time, ensure the fall of the Hidone house??"

"I don't claim to know what the fates mean by this myself, but it's their will. Someone had to be displaced in time, and surely it would've been easier to make it so Lord Hidone was the one displaced in time. But for some reason, they decided to choose someone to bring backwards in time."

"I still don't understand how this will help. We're honestly lucky they didn't just kill her to circumvent the possibility of her being a spy. I guess we have Lord Hidone's kindness to thanks for that. Though... That does bring me to another question."

"You seem to be full of them today anyway. So. What is this new question, hmm?"

"Lord Hidone is so kind... He gave us jobs here, helped us move up in the world when we wouldn't have been able to before. So... Why are we trying to help hasten a downfall for him???? Shouldn't we be trying to... Well. Not do that?"

"Again, I do not know, nor claim to know, what the fates mean by this. They just tell me what needs to be done. And what needs to be done, sadly, is for us to help cause Lord Hidone's downfall. He may be such a kind man, how he treated that woman is evident of that, but for some reason, the fates deem it needed for him, and his house, to perish. That will be brought along by this Cassidy Bishop. The fates are strange. I've known that since they spoke to me as a child. They can change on a whim, or be consistent as the mountains around us. But, sometimes they need some help in pushing fate how it needs to go, which is why they come to those like us. They sometimes need interaction in the mortal world to help bring the world how it needs to be."

"....What if we get caught? Won't we get sentenced to hang for treason?"

"We won't get caught."

"How do you know...?"

"The fates say it as such. We'll be fine. As of right now, anyway, we have nothing else to do in this matter. Unless the fates contact me again, Lord Hidone and his house should fall in three years time. Maybe sooner."

"Did the fates tell you how?"

"Well. According to what they have told me, minimal as it is beyond telling us how to bring her here... Lord Hidone will fall for her. It will be that love that destroys the Hidone family. "

"That's... Cruel. He lost his wife three years ago. And now, when he finds new love, it will ultimately destroy his family and everything he, his ancestors, have worked for?"

"Sadly, fate can be the cruelest of them all. It doesn't care for who any are, be you noble, or even lowliest peasant. It marches on for us all, guiding us where we need to go... And sometimes that can be our ultimate downfall."