Isn't it? Stop the presses, new headline: Mad Old Wizard Bad At Being Comforting. At least the effort should be...heartwarming? Okay, maybe not really. "Indeed! I've been informed readily that this zone is every bit a hotbed of intersecting timelines, let alone other realms. And you've come across him once; maybe the one you knew will find his way in time." He reaches to give a very stilted attempt at a pat on the shoulder. Pat pat?