This crossed my mind: suppose the Loon wound up in a world where something struck him as mysterious, but not necessarily needing action taken. He looked into it further, and was beginning to unravel the mystery. He'd got to a point where he was fairly sure that another three weeks to two months at the outside would reveal "all" to him.
And then he found the Gatesong out.
Is his curiosity strong enough to make him stick around anyway, perhaps as much as two months (with the possibility that he was wrong and it'd take longer), to find out what's going on, even when he's not at all sure it's anything he could or should do anything about?
The origin of this was an idle musing about a story in which some time or crosstime traveler apparently tampered with world history from a certain point, and may still be doing so ... but from what Doug can see, the changes seem to be mostly improvements. Maybe.
I kind of liked the idea of a situation in which Looney and the other traveler wind up helping each other in some way, or both taking on a danger/problem, but without ever meeting or either of them being certain the other even existed.
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
And then he found the Gatesong out.
Is his curiosity strong enough to make him stick around anyway, perhaps as much as two months (with the possibility that he was wrong and it'd take longer), to find out what's going on, even when he's not at all sure it's anything he could or should do anything about?
The origin of this was an idle musing about a story in which some time or crosstime traveler apparently tampered with world history from a certain point, and may still be doing so ... but from what Doug can see, the changes seem to be mostly improvements. Maybe.
I kind of liked the idea of a situation in which Looney and the other traveler wind up helping each other in some way, or both taking on a danger/problem, but without ever meeting or either of them being certain the other even existed.
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.