For starters, that wouldn't be in character for the Ellimist (which is why it's a good thing he got the powers before Crayak).
I dunno. I always kind of pictured the Ellimist still learning how to see the universe from that crazy extradimensional realm and all of a sudden, Crayak's there too and three millennia have passed or whatever. Sort of like when you close your eyes to get five more minutes of sleep and wake up four hours later.