[ She gasps, quickly moving her hand to cover her mouth, her other fist clenching harder around her skirt. Agnes goes quiet for a long moment, eyes unfocused as she runs through the scenario. Yes, with his logic, that would appear to make sense, but... ]

You... you don't know that that's how it works, though! Maybe I go back and things here change. Maybe we all go back and this never happens.

[ She looks at him almost imploringly, testing her theory out. ]

Would that be possible?