He’d slept like a log, it was beautiful outside, and the headlines on the news communicator spoke of sports, off-world projects, and upgrades to the weather template. There was no mention of people collapsing at random and that meant yesterday’s crisis had passed. He would have joked with Mentor had they not been studying physics together. “Explain the importance of Johann Clavius.” “He discovered the unified field equation in 2165.” “Good. What else?” “By using principles of hyper-spatial geometry, he proved three particles exist that can travel faster than the speed of light.” “And what does this imply, theoretically, at least?” “If these particles have the same magnetic spin, and are aligned along a certain vector path, their time coefficient can be transposed.” “And?” “Theoretically, they would vanish into the past.” “And the equation for this process is …?” “I … I … can’t remember.” “Review it as you travel to Rome. And speaking of Rome, you have five minutes and fifteen seconds to catch the 8:36 shuttle.”
