[They sigh, leaning back in the chair. It's not something they've ever dreamed of talking about to anyone, but... it's kind of freeing? Like a weight has been lifted off of them. Talking about this secret they've clung onto for so long, refusing to let even stardust hear the truth until he discovered it on his own, like it's an ordinary fact about them everyone should know.

They're not bold enough to be that open, but since he already knows the gist of it...]

It's a long story. [but they have some time to kill, and it doesn't seem like either of them is eager to get to sleep tonight.]

The short version is... timeloop? I was stuck for a long time, so I got desperate. Made a wish that I ended up regretting. I got turned into this, and stardust took my place.

It came with a few perks, but mostly downsides. Didn't even get me out of the timeloop! I still had to wait until stardust figured it out. It probably took us a collective few years to break out of, if I had to guess. Definitely more than one.