Meanwhile, the 'boy' that the Progenitor goddess was contemplating what to do with was currently travelling through a spatial channel, streaking across the vacuum of space in the Draco Sirus universe of the Second Multiverse.
Arthur had departed from Bracken shortly after his unexpected encounter with the Eternal of Creation, but he hadn't gone straight to Draco Sirus.
Already 13 years behind schedule, he figured a few more months wouldn't make much difference.
With that in mind, Arthur altered his destination at the last moment and headed for Valmone instead.
And like that, Arthur realised he had severely miscalculated the time needed to reach the Valmone universe.
A trip he remembered lasting 168 hours was suddenly stretching out to 720 hours.
After some thought, Arthur realised his previous trip to Valmone had also taken that long. He had simply failed to notice it for various reasons.
