If by "clear things up" you mean 'make this situation all the more inscrutable" then... yes. Thanks for that.

[ Alistair certainly hadn't even considered time travel along with whatever it was that had brought him here in the first place and this revelation only serves in complicating the situation even further rather than making it easier to comprehend. ]

Alright. Let's start over, shall we? Clearly you know more about this place than I so first things first: where are we? Deerington, yes, I know, but that name means nothing to me.