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Once in a while, something pretty nasty gets picked up in transit." He thought, briefly, of the man in the black tunic. ONCE IN A WHILE SOMETHING PRETTY NASTY GETS PICKED UP IN TRANSIT HE THOUGHT BRIEFLY OF THE MAN IN THE BLACK TUNIC
 we want to reach, and then shift over to it. Same point in the plenum; same point in primary time--plus primary time elapsed during mechanical and electronic lag in the relays--but a different line of secondary time." "Then why don't we have past-future time travel on our own time-line?" the pilot wanted to know. That was a question every paratimer has to answer, every time he talks paratime to the laity. Verkan Vall had been expecting it; he answered patiently. "The Ghaldron-Hesthor field-generator is like every other mechanism; it can operate only in the area of primary time in which it exists. It can transpose to any other time-line, and carry with it anything inside its field, but it can't go outside its own temporal area of existence, any more than a bullet from that rifle can hit the target a week before it's fired," Verkan Vall pointed out. "Anything inside the field is supposed to be unaffected by anything outside. _Supposed to be_ is the way to put it; it doesn't always work.  FIELD TO INCLUDE THE TIME WHEN WE WANT TO REACH THEN SHIFT OVER IT SAME POINT IN THE PHANTOM SAME POINT IN PRIMARY TIME PLUS PRIMARY TIME ELAPSE DURING MECHANICAL AND ELECTRONIC COLLAG IN THE RELAYS BUT A DIFFERENT LINE OF SECONDARY TIME THEN WHY DON'T WE HAVE PASSED FISERTIME DRIVEL ON OUR OWN TIME LINE THE PILOT WANTED TO KNOW THAT WAS A QUESTION EVERY PAIR OF TIMER HAS TO ANSWER EVERY TIME HE TALKS PAIRTIME TO THE LAITY VERKAN VALL HAD BEEN EXPECTING IT HE ANSWERED PATIENTLY THE GALDRON HAS THEIR FIELD GENERATORS LIKE EVERY OTHER MECHANISM IT CAN OPERATE ONLY IN THE AREA OF PRIMARY TIME IN WHICH IT EXISTS IT CAN TRANSPOSE TO ANY OTHER TIME LINE AND CARRY AWAY THAT ANYTHING INSIDE HIS FIELD BUT IT CAN GO OUTSIDE ITS OWN TEMPORAL AREA OF EXISTENCE ANY MORE THAN A BULLET FROM THE RIFLE THAT CAN HIT A TARGET A WEEK BEFORE IT'S FIRED VERKAN VALL POINTED OUT ANYTHING INSIDE THE FIELD IS SUPPOSED TO BE UNAFFECTED BY ANYTHING OUTSIDE SUPPOSED TO BE IS A WAY TO PUT IT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK
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