Anyone else thinking the device is something that’s going to be inside the Traveler’s Shell and hooked up to use it’s power? The Dark Future, Chapter 9 “Suddenly, Eris stands above me with a twisted grin. "Do you see what the path of the self-righteous yields? You call it protection, but all Ana felt was abandonment. You left a void. Darkness filled it." "You have bigger problems," I say, looking to the sky. A piercing noise emanates from the Traveler. Its brilliance begins to swell. Worried and confused, Eris commands all her forces to focus on killing it with Dark energy.” Elsie doesn’t trigger it but she knew, in advance, that the Traveler was going megaton. Question: how could time travel be possible but restricted enough that it couldn’t be used by just anyone? Answer: tie it to the Gods and kill them off. So this may the first major clue in figuring out the time loop mystery.