[She stares into his eyes for a good long moment - clear, not glassy, the windows to his true soul - finally answering as she cups his cheek.]

I... I went ten years into the future, with Alice, Katsuki, Belle, Gumshoe... but we were all still in Somnius, and Vaeros... he'd hypnotized us, for good...

[The hand on his cheek starts to quiver, and the one still around him tries to pull him closer.]

Y-you and I, we were married... we had a child, but he was named after Vaeros! We all worshipped him! We were happy, but we weren't us! And we saw me as a traitor... Corrin, Aurora, I sent Webby after me, to take me to Vaeros, and he threatened to-!

[She grips his vest perhaps a little too tightly.]

I thought I'd never get back - that none of us would...!