Quote Originally Posted by Veloran View Post
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We know that we didn't change the timeline because nothing has changed in the present. That's why it's implicit in the question. You can certainly write up alternate scenarios yourself in which the outcome could have theoretically been different i.e. 'What if Kairos didn't activate?', and people have apparently explored these in fan works.

The question itself is about the structure of the time loop. Is it what we would describe as a 'Stable Time Loop', or did the story actually play out twice, with the second iteration of events being identical to the first? The reason why Argos supports this being a 'Stable Time Loop' is because he shouldn't trust you yet if this is your first meeting. If you set that aside, it is possible that on a second pass events either happened to play out the same by coincidence, or did so because Venat ensured that the timelines didn't have any discrepancies before you arrived back in the present.