You know you want it, baby.

[Hazard]

... If it is a result of Doug declaring that it might just be a hint of the Fates themselves keeping an eye on the matter, or another deity, but the Fates are the most likely. That's... not good but also not terrible, given how they tend to like him and his goals.

I mean, Doug hasn't aged since he skipped out on his home reality for the vast multiverse he's working through on his way home, but he hasn't aged, hasn't from the start. If that doesn't say something is sheltering him on his trip I don't know what would.

Also keep in mind Toothpick. The guy has a chunk of Yggdrassil in his back pocket.