[Carlisle sighs softly behind his mask, his brow tight.]

It does.

[Leaving the tea to steep, he turns to Qubit fully.]

Deities — those of my world, at least — are complicated beings, Mister Qubit. One does not simply tear open a rift between the planes of existence and seal one away, not even a demigod like Ul Bereth. That would take- take phenomenal power, and if it didn't kill the caster outright or rend their essence in twain, there would be consequences, surely. It- it would likely take something akin to a pact with such a being to accomplish, but—

[He shakes his head. There's no other logical answer, and he knows it. He's known it for some time, and simply refused to accept it.]