“Take them where they need to go. Not where they want to go. Where they need to go.”

Once upon a time, in the chaotic crossroads of the multiverse, there existed a hub world called . It was a place where time streams collided, tour groups from alternate realities bumped into each other, and lost travelers from a thousand dimensions tried to find their way home.

Travibot stood still for a long moment. Then it did something no one had ever seen it do. It extended one small bronze wing and patted Mira’s hand.

Travibot clicked its mandibles twice, spun its compass-eye, and got to work. Its first client was a knight from a crumbling fantasy world, Sir Reginald of the Fallen Oak. He wanted a portal back to his battlefield. Travibot scanned him, beeped sadly, and instead led him to a quiet garden universe where time moved slowly. There, Reginald learned to grow apples and rest his weary bones. He never went back to war. He sent Travibot a thank-you note on a leaf.