The oven was old, but functioned well enough to boil water in less than an hour, and Saga busied herself with the brewing of the tea while she thought over Alabaster's suggestion. Still, she remained quiet until she'd filled both mugs with tea (and it'd said "English" on the bag, which was as close as she could get).

"It's possible," she murmured, pulling out a chair and seating herself while pushing one mug in her guest's direction. "Not very likely, but if the rune itself had enough power to transport itself to the past... well, that'd make it hard for me to obtain it, wouldn't it? I doubt anyone from your home would know how to properly use it, but if someone had a strong desire to send you far away, then the rune would have reacted to that."

The brunette stared pensively into her steaming mug, her former cheeriness having dissolved into a more solemn expression. "I can't rule it out entirely, and that means our options are very limited."