Quote Originally Posted by Noblejanobii View Post
Lol yeah so what happened there was I had the initial line "two xokhafels and an angel walk into a room" and while I was proofreading, I was listening to the room where it happens and the lines lined up perfectly and I was like "well I can't just not include this now!"

That's the common theory. I often wonder if there's actually more than just five time gear but only five were needed to rectify the issue. I've also seen the theory that it's like a spatial gear? That like Palkia has gears too and that's one of them. I always thought it was a missed opportunity to not like swap out the dungeons. So like you go to Dark Void in the pre game and Treeshroud in the post for darkness. But eh.
I've seen both theories... When I was younger I remember thinking Darkrai was some kind of corrupted Time Gear guardian, similar to how Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf had been. Maybe after he got corrupted either Ditto's or Treeshroud Forest was built to replace it? Might explain why Treeshroud's has no guardian, actually...