[ Boy howdy he loves all his children, he tells himself through gritted teeth and a headache coming on. Timekeeper not listening to him is a given, frankly. The woman operates on her own chaotic morality, for good or ill, but Loop remaining raises his hackles because he's a Star target.

And that accusation makes him wince. The fact that Hoku isn't just a mindless beast... had Felicity told him wrong? Had he read what she showed him wrong? Would they have been able to communicate after all? ]

Wait! We will return it after we have found a cure for the corruption! We only need to study that which inflicts it, inflicts you all!

[ But he's still going to protect his daughters shrine so he hurls the staff in it's direction, using just a touch magic to propel it forward enough to land beside it, where it will begin to send out pulses of energy that will help push back the corrupted hoard. How well? He's not sure. He's not even sure if the magic will last. But it is a weapon Felicity can probably use if she can get her hands on it.

Then he moves back towards Loop, taking his hand with his own. ... Also sends out a thought. Shadow Milk? ]