Rhiow's ears twitched back and forth, trying to think of a way to explain this so that he would understand.

"Well - I'm from your future. Which means that I have more than enough knowledge of your time to pose an incredible danger to our timeline. If I weren't an ethical person, I could give you scientific or political knowledge that would change the way the world is shaped in the future."

She scratched at her ear for a moment, trying to drown out the Whisperer's growls of displeasure. I won't actually tell him anything, I'm just explaining the theory, she said.

Sometimes that is all it takes, She responded.