There was a nervous laugh. "I've only traveled through time once, Nikola. I aim to keep it that way."

It was hard enough to live through things she knew would happen and allow them to happen. The World Wars, terrorist acts, crimes against humanity enlarge. All of that was before the fact she could share certain information with the younger versions of people she knew and cared for--she couldn't tell them how to care for certain abrnormals to save them. Although she may have found a way to shuffle money in Nikola's direction once or twice. Anonymous donations. She doubted he'd ever notice.

"I couldn't risk anything going wrong. You've no idea how hard it was to keep secrets from all of you. Especially when I knew what might happen." She shook her head, sending her brown curls bouncing. "Is that truly wise, Nikola? Given what happened to us -- all of us and the ones we knew afterwards."