Magician never reveals his tricks

"Are you sure you don't want me to come?" Ayda asked while looking at me with her eyes full of worry.

"Yeah, I'm worried it would only make things harder," I said, patting her head in an affectionate matter. "It will be better if it will be only the two of us talking there. What's more, if he sees you in this world once he enters it, it might convince him that I actually spoke truth rather than just exiling him to some kind of abyss."

After this simple explanation, there was a momentary silence between the two of us. Given how we were rushing to deal with all the matters that the ongoing conflict required us to pay attention to, we didn't really have any time to enjoy our reunion.