You built your time machine because of Emma's death. If she had lived, it would never have existed, so how could you use your machine to go back and save her? You are the inescapable result of your tragedy, just as I am the inescapable result of you.
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Über-Morlock We all have our time machines, don't we? Those that take us back are memories, and those that carry us forward are dreams.
Vox 144 Can you even imagine what it's like to remember everything? I remember this six-year-old girl who asked me about dinosaurs 800,000 years ago. I remember the last book I recommended: Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe. And yes, I even remember you. "Time travel, practical application."
Teacher If you do that again, I will re-sequence your DNA, so help me!
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