: Unless Marcus/Vincent etc. decides "aw hell with it" and brings
: Durandal/Thoth with him outside.
In Eternal's continuity, Durandal-Thoth escaped Outside under their own power at some unknown time after the Last Battle of Lh'owon (presumably in their Jjaro dreadnaught Manus Celer Dei, which has its own cybernetic junction), did whatever they felt like doing with their godlike power for however long, and then one day sitting around watching the universe end (again, perhaps), a lightbulb came on and they realized how important Marcus is to history (the narration of the Infinity end screen), and intervened as seen in Eternal to eventually team up with Marcus and try to fight the rest of the Jjaro's prescribed doom.