Oh, right. For her, the rescue of her brother hadn't happened yet.

"This is the sort of thing I'm talking about. We may have come from... different points in time, but right now, we are sharing one. You are entitled to learn what I know, as entitled as I am to have the knowledge. You-" He cut off, haltingly finishing the sentence. "...Will be my wife, one day. If you so wish it."

He'd been trying to avoid wording it that way, but it was too late to take it back now.

"Gwen... I will not deny that much has changed since your time. But you have always had a good heart. That will never change."