[He smiled at the praise of the drink. Nodding once in response to the identification of the other two puppets. Though his attention shifts from them back to the confusion at hand when Henry brings the matter of timelines back up.]

Not exactly. Why do you think a portal is necessary? That's for world travel. This city...it is somehow capable of pulling people from different times, and for some reason death holds no real meaning here. The power which brings people here can pull those who have died in their worlds to here and give them a second chance to live...and those who die here, do not remain dead.