But it was Gabriel's next statement that really did me in.

"There," he said, that single word drawing me into his magic as he showed me with a simple gesture exactly where the Universes intersected. I felt myself drawn physically to it even as my son went on. "Your guess the other Universe is disappearing is accurate, Mabel." Well, at least it wasn't just us. I examined the spot in the veil though my body remained in the Stronghold chamber. ...