Sharp bit his bottom lip when he heard Liv's voice. The pain was there. She was taking it far more maturely than one her age would, but he knew the pain was there.

".....Olivia, if I had the power, all it would take is a wish, and I would restore your mother." he told her. But he didn't have the power to overwrite the book and pen's imprint... and he didn't know where Hailie was now, so 2 djinns weren't an option at the moment.

"....is there anything I can do to try and help, though?" he then asked.

"You can stay here at the Unit if you wish." he told her.

"You can stay at my house if you like." he went on.

"...I'm sure I can speak with Mrs. Leblanc, maybe she'll help you out." he then added.

"....I don't know, either." Hal admitted.

"I just... I really don't." he said.

"I'll do all I can, I promise you that." he then vowed to her.

"...this is hard for a lot of people, but I can only imagine what you're going through, Olivia." he then told her.

"But... you'll need to try. Try and see if you can jog your mom's memory. You're her daughter. You two have such a strong bond, I would think it impossible to be completely severed... even by something as strong as the book and pen."

"......." Hal was silent, and right there and then, he'd made a decision.

"I'll be right there, Liv." he told her.

"I'm coming to see you. I'll be there in a minute or so." he said.

There was a time for work, and this wasn't it. Olivia was hurting, and he'd be damned if he was going to haver her suffer alone right now.

Meanwhile, in the lab, some progress had been made in the equations.

"....ohhhh! So if we change THIS... and swap THESE two... it should work." Illias said.

"I think so, yes." Leo replied.

".....Syraene?" Leo asked, stunned.

"...Syraene!?" he then exclaimed further.

"What.... what happened...?" Illias asked, obviously confused and concerned.

"I don't know!" Leo shouted.

"This hasn't ever happened before! She didn't use mana to leave! She just... vanished! Gone! As though she just... stopped existing!" he said further.

"..........what?" Illias muttered, now FAR more concerned.

"What the SHIT happened!?" Leo then yelled.

"This is... what the HELL! This... WHAT!?" he stammered further, clearing growing more and more confused and upset.

"......oh...." Leo muttered.

"Oh dear..." he said.

"What?" Illias asked.

"Just... back away... and let this happen..." Leo told him, taking the gorgon and moving several paces away from Syraene.

After about 10 seconds, Chronos himself, and not in spirit form, stepped out from the rune, clearing his throat a little.

"....yes?" he asked Syraene.

"....." Chronos was silent, before snapping his fingers.

"Ah, right, we're not done yet." he said.

Then, before Syraene could react, he placed his hand just above her breasts, and she suddenly felt... even more disoriented than before. She felt like her entirety was being... rewound.

And again, before she could even come to terms with it, he stopped.

"Ah, there we go." he said.

"NOW you're in the clear."

"Ah, yes." Chronos said.

"Well... yeah, hm." he muttered.

"I suppose I just wanted to get that over and done with ASAP." he admitted.

"What.... what just happened!?" Leo then exclaimed, relief in his tone, but also confusion and remaining concern.

"I purged the Order of corruption." Chronos responded.

"...." Chronos was silent for a moment, and sighed.

"Right." he said.

He then looked at what they were doing, examined it for a moment, and then squinted.

"Ah." he said.

"Reverse this and this." he told them. "I'm not a scientist, but that seems like it might work better." he commented.

"...holy cow, he's right!" Illias exclaimed.

"And who's left? You. Leonard." Chronos then told Syraene. "And about... 30,000 more people." he added.

".....that's all...?" Leo asked in disbelief.

"That's all." Chronos confirmed.

"Simple." Chronos replied.

"You two." he said.

"....us!?" Leo exclaimed.

"Look, it's no secret that my organization was bloated." Chronos then said. "There were far too many people that had far too little responsibilities, and were essentially doing nothing but ordering people around and flaunting their seniority." he continued.

"...." Leo was silent, knowing that what Chronos said wasn't wrong.

"However, I really couldn't just decide to reset everything. As bloated as it was, it was still functioning very well." Chronos then said further. "But with as many people corrupted beyond saving as there was, it was really in my best interests to just... remove them." he lamented.

"It's a shame, as many of them were genuinely good people, but even THEY had been so steeped in it, the process of rewinding them would have destroyed them anyway." he went on.

"So I'm putting my faith in you two to try and rebuild the Order to its former glory days." he told them.

"But what about maintaining dreams and sleep? There's no way so few people can do it." Leo said quietly.

"I'll step in and personally oversee the majority of them, and lessen my duties as more people are brought in." Chronos assured the two of them.

"That being said, don't get TOO dependent on my doing it. It WILL be a temporary measure." he then added sternly.

Chronos nodded.

"There's a salvageable amount left." he said.

"....how much IS that?" Leo asked.

Chronos stopped for a moment, pondering the question.

"I'd say we have about... 35% left from when the corruption started." he told Leo.

"That's a sizable chunk taken away." Leo mumbled.

"Yes, but it's not ALL gone." Chronos said, before looking at Syraene.

"How does THAT fit into your calculations?" he asked her.