"If you were in his world, most likely, yes." Balthazar watches them interact. He can't quite tell if this is coming off better than expected or worse, but he does know Horvath has some worries about his abilities as a master. Hopefully this mess won't put him so far off the idea he stops searching.

"As I said, though, it's 1994 here, and not much later on in his world. Are you even born yet?" He winces and backtracks instantly. "No! Wait, don't answer that. We shouldn't be told in advance and it might not carry over here, anyway."