It has been two full days since I shifted back from 1880 to where I belong, here in 2024. Aside from my dream about 1984 and the speculation that followed, I can’t really say much has happened that is noteworthy.
Jacob has created a chart (I’ll put it below) that he calls “Normal Placements." It shows where each known version of each of us is. Interesting… but…
Underlying all of this is the big “why”? So far, the time-shifts have: 1.) stopped a man from being lynched. 2.) taught a doctor about the periodic table. 3.) showed a man a simple version of an assembly line. 4.) stopped a woman from being trampled by horses. In general, we are sticking with the “butterfly effect” idea—what we did did something that did something that did something.
Probably more noteworthy was that the 1857 Shay found her name carved in the attic of Shay-2001’s townhouse. This seems to suggest that we are duplicates on the same timeline, but we are not certain.
As for duplicates, Merritt and I have talked about the time each of us spent with the duplicates on the other timelines. We agree that it’s hard to not think of the duplicates as being the same person. We’re not sure if it makes any difference.
Things with Merritt still seem good. We get along great and have a lot of fun. When I met him, I wondered if things would work out and wanted to find out if they would. So far, so good!
We’ve heard nothing from Tom or Will about another shift, but we feel like it could happen at any moment, even without warning. So, I guess we live in that tension until we understand things better.
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