Thael suddenly is, when he was no more. As he walks towards the inn, he is fully aware that he is reliving a past timeline. He stops, and looks around, shocked at the realization Such powerful magics at work! he thinks to himseld. The touch from the place beyond this world has marked him, affected his soul. So many thoughts to organize! he mumbles. He then realizes that he has grown, his mind has expanded. He grabs his spellbook, and pages that were unintellible the last time he walked this path have meaning. Magics! I can understand more, but it's so little! he thinks again.
Realizing that he is standing in the middle of the road with his book open with likely an extatic smile, he regains his composure and heads to the inn. There, he sees his companions and his cousin and goes strait to them. "When do we go back?" he says, laconically but to the point.