[ a year is a long time for someone to be unaware that they've been promised to an eldritch entity. and that begs the question of who created the contract that trapped the archivist; in cain's experience, creatures like this watcher don't do their own dirty work.

the question makes him spread his hands in a shrug. ] I don't know. One can hope. I've seen artifacts that affect such things, though, and the universe can and has been renewed before. [ apocalypse myths exist for a reason, after all. ] What is the cost to you if you don't feed your Watcher?