Regulation 66.4: The Use of Chrono-Manipulation Devices The tethering or stalling of local time for personal or investigative gain is strictly reserved for Level 1 Sovereign-Class Agents. Unauthorised use of a 'Chrono-Dial' or similar tethering device carries a mandatory sentence of three years in the Void (Subject to availability).

Alistair’s Translation: This is the one they’ll hang me for. The Ministry hates the Dial because it proves that time isn't a straight line—it's a messy ball of string that they don't have the scissors for. If I go missing, check the ten seconds before I left. I’m probably stuck there.