It’s the reason I love speculative fiction. You get to tweak reality, just a bit. And then see all the wild and wonderful deviations and impacts that small change has.
On first glance, being able to save somebody sounds exciting. You could make such a difference in other people’s lives.
But the burden of knowing you could have done something, and didn’t . . . incomprehensible. How could you go to sleep at night knowing that if only you put in some effort, you could save a life?
Really inventive and heartbreaking chapter.
What a burden for Nick to carry. Wonderfully written.
It’s the reason I love speculative fiction. You get to tweak reality, just a bit. And then see all the wild and wonderful deviations and impacts that small change has.
On first glance, being able to save somebody sounds exciting. You could make such a difference in other people’s lives.
But the burden of knowing you could have done something, and didn’t . . . incomprehensible. How could you go to sleep at night knowing that if only you put in some effort, you could save a life?
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