[...That does give him some pause, and it'd make him feel better if it were true. But Kiran is too skeptical, and currently too emotional, to just take it at face value.]

How do we know that? Did someone escape and get recaptured? Or is it just something they've told us to keep us obedient.

['Cause that sounds like time travel, and he's been informed by ageless demigoddesses in the past that time travel is impossible, even with all the magic in the world.]