Astra Surrenders

"That is quite correct. Now I must just cast a spell of combined sleep and forgetfulness on your sixteen year old self, so that she won't remember any details of the last ten minutes, and then we can be on our way."

As her younger self slumped unconscious from the magician's spell, Astra said: "She... I... she might not remember either of us has been here, but she's certainly going to notice that smashed door."

"Do you remember that?"

"Yes. And I also remember the door to the bedroom bursting open and something horrible coming through it, but I couldn't remember precisely what it was nor my older self having been here."

"In that case my forgetfulness spell isn't quite as effective as I had thought, though still good enough. The broken door being found won't create a paradox."

"So what do you want with me?"

1. "Patience, Princess. There's no time for explanations right now. First I must take you to my tower."
2. "It's like this..."

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