030: Time Hut

"Past, present, future."

"We will meet somewhere in time sooner or later."

Lynch gazed at the familiar handwriting on the table; it was clearly left by Somda.

When was it?

He was sure it hadn't been there when he left, and equally sure that no one had entered the house during his absence. Neither the shifting elements nor the spiritual field had shown any changes.

As if?

These things had always been here from the beginning?

Lynch couldn't comprehend how Somda managed this. In truth, he knew very little about his mentor and was still ignorant of the extent of his abilities.

'Let's see what this is first.'

Lynch extended his hand and picked up the pocket watch from the table to examine it.

It was a very ordinary pocket watch, silver in color, with both its case and cover resembling countless similar watches on the market. However, the back was engraved with a serpent coiling around a cross, giving it an air of vintage mystery.