Udolf never claimed himself all-knowing like Ventus, however, few things could surprise him now. And what the boy had just said was certainly one of them.
"Samvat" was a Vartian term for the year in the spirit tongue. And as per the Vartian calendar, it was samvat 1041. So if the boy was not a suta (tale-weaver), he had travelled in time. But How was it even possible? Udolf, in his 6 centuries-long life, had never heard of such a thing. Yes, he knew some dwizas (awakeners of Varta) who were believed to be oracles and could peek into time. But peeking was one thing, travelling another.
Udolf masked his surprise and doubts as he went on asking more questions ignoring the boy's rising anger.
And despite his accumulating doubts, he realised the possibility of the boy being sent into the past was getting stronger.
