"Enough with that," Roan intervened. "Xyrath, we came here to set you free. However, from the looks of it, you aren't imprisoned at all. What is happening here?"
Xyrath went silent, and ultimately it was Laiana who talked.
-Xyrath, why are you here? I was truly worried. I thought everyone was sealed, just like me. Yet, here you are. Why?-
Xyrath could feel the concern and deep doubts in Laiana's words, sighing in the end. "I'm not free. I am imprisoned. I can't leave this place."
That at least confirmed the system wasn't wrong. Xyrath was imprisoned. They just didn't know what kind of confinement he was being kept in.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Xyrath finally began to explain. "It's a Self-Consistent Time Lock."
Turns out Xyrath is not restrained physically or energetically. Instead, he is trapped inside a 'closed causal loop' enforced by the Werdlem Empire.
