The Variants Daughter

The Nexus Event

~Previously on

Loki: "So, you're part of the TVA's courageous and dedicated workforce?"

Mobius: "Yes."

Loki: "You were created by the Time-Keepers?"

Mobius: "Correct."

Loki laughs.

Ravonna: "You're not the only analyst working for me."

Mobius: "But, would you say, maybe, I'm your favorite one?"

Loki: "Enchantment is a clever trick."

Sylvie: "I have to create a fantasy from their memories. That young soldier from the TVA, she was just a regular person on Earth."

Sylvie: "Of all of the apocalypses saved on that TemPad, this is the worst! No one makes it off here!"

Loki: "How long do we have?"

Sylvie: "Twelve hours or so. Things down here are only gonna get worse."

Loki: "To the end of the world."

~Marvel studios logo~

~Asgard~

Alone in a room, Young Sylvie plays with toys. Young Sylvie: "... dragon swoops towards the palace, the Valkyrie flies over, and defeats the dragon, and saves Asgard." A time door opens behind her. Ravonna, a Hunter, steps through with Minutemen. She checks her TemPad. Ravonna: "There's our Variant." The Minutemen apprehend Sylvie. Ravonna: "On the authority of the Time-Keepers, I hereby arrest you for crimes against the Sacred Timeline. Reset it." Young Sylvie: "Wait!" Ravonna pulls Sylvie through the time door. The Minutemen set a reset charge. As it activates, it disintegrates Sylvie's toys.

~TVA past~

Ravonna and Sylvie step through the Timedoor into the TVA. Another man struggles. Man: "No! No!" Young Sylvie: "Help him!" Ravonna pulls Sylvie on. Sylvie is processed, dressed in processing clothes, sign the papers, gets her temporal aura pictured. Ravonna escorts her into the courtroom. Judge: "Next case!" As Ravonna leads Sylvie forward, Sylvie bites her and grabs the TemPad. Judge: "Next case!" Ravonna: "Right here!" Sylvie opens a Timedoor and escapes. In the present, Ravonna takes a deep breath and steps out of the gold elevators into the Time-Keepers' chambers.

~Opening theme~

~TVA present~

Ravonna exit the elevators back in the TVA hallway where Mobius waits. Mobius: "What'd they say? Are you okay?" Ravonna: "No, no, Mobius. I'm not. Under the best of circumstances, it's jarring to stand before the Time-Keepers. And this is not the best of circumstances." Mobius: "Yeah, but they can't blame you." Ravonna: "They can and do. The Variant was right here. What if she got to the Time-Keepers?" Mobius: "I know. But she didn't." Ravonna: "No. But she got away. Along with the Variant that I got you permission to bring in here. Do you have any idea how impossible it is to keep the timeline stable? The Time-Keepers are all that stand between us and full-scale calamity." Mobius: "And I'm glad they're on our side. But if they want me to find Loki and the Variant, [whispers] I need access to Hunter C-20." Ravonna: "I'm sorry, but that's impossible." Mobius: "Look, when we found her, she kept saying, "It's real. It's real." Over and over. I need to find out what that meant and what else she saw when she was with the Variant. Look, I know there's protocol, but she could have information..." Ravonna: "She's dead, Mobius!" Mobius: "What? How?" Ravonna: "The Variant, she enchanted C-20, scrambled her mind." Mobius: "I don't get it. She seemed okay. She seemed fine." Ravonna: "At first, yes. But by the time she got in here, she could barely speak. The decline was steeper after that." Mobius: "I didn't know. What..." Ravonna: "Nobody does. We don't want people to panic. Can I trust you to keep that between us?" Mobius: "Of course. Yes. I'm sorry." Ravonna: "Every moment those Variants are out there, we're all in danger. Find them!"