Ah. No, it would certainly not do that. If you've earned a deal, I'll need you to have been here, won't I?

And in any case, I don't care for that sort of paradox, and it's not necessary. The changes are to your own world, and your time on the barge is not part of that world, so it isn't affected.

[Simple as that! If you could call it simple.]

Sometimes the joint between those different parts of your life can be...less than seamless. But there's no need to lose anything you don't wish lost.