Lucien did not tell anyone immediately.
For the next several hours, he remained inside his inner universe and thought.
Traveling into the past still sounded ridiculous whenever he phrased it plainly.
Unfortunately, ridiculous things had stopped being useful reasons to dismiss anything in his life.
Alanthuriel's warning mattered more.
He might leave without knowing how long he would remain away.
That meant Lootwell could not depend on him being present when the real war began.
Lucien had spent years preparing the world to function without his constant intervention.
Now he needed to prove he meant it.
•••
He began with the leadership structure.
Vivian noticed something was wrong before he finished summoning everyone.
She said nothing until the core members of Lootwell had gathered.
Eirene arrived soon afterward.
Seran came from one of the recovered-world operations.
Seraphine left the medical districts.
