[ At the same time as he left it, huh.. Signs have been pointing towards the fact that time most likely is moving on back home while they're here, so Alice knows she can't offer him much consolation when it comes to that. They'll have to come to terms with a changed world when they go home.

But.. ]

You couldn't just.. call him?

[ She's not even implying a phone call, mind you. Alice is from a world that's firmly before those kinds of things were normal. ]

Or are you trying to tell me it's impossible for gods to get in touch with each other any other way than just randomly bumping into each other?