"Cross the geriatric revolution off a list of possibly occurring future events," she said, sounding more serious than she was. It was a good point, and she had to acknowledge that. "We definitely don't need to worry about more age complications."
She examined the screen along with Howard and Anwei. "People brought the clock up in interviews with you, too?" She frowned, looking at the pattern of stars on the map itself. Maybe...
"Cross-contamination's certainly possible." If some mixture between the potion's stall and the clock merchant's wares could feasibly create the conditions needed to start sending someone backward through time. "Ask her if there's anything in her memory banks that would suggest this is possible, or if she knows of any kind of clock able to cause this kind of time-reversal on its own. Or just ask her to do exactly what you said. It's a better lead than anything else we've had so far, and one way or another most of them point right back to XaXing as it is."
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She examined the screen along with Howard and Anwei. "People brought the clock up in interviews with you, too?" She frowned, looking at the pattern of stars on the map itself. Maybe...
"Cross-contamination's certainly possible." If some mixture between the potion's stall and the clock merchant's wares could feasibly create the conditions needed to start sending someone backward through time. "Ask her if there's anything in her memory banks that would suggest this is possible, or if she knows of any kind of clock able to cause this kind of time-reversal on its own. Or just ask her to do exactly what you said. It's a better lead than anything else we've had so far, and one way or another most of them point right back to XaXing as it is."