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Verkan Vall made a small sound of impatience. "No such thing!" he exclaimed. "It's semantically inadmissible to talk about the total presence of time with one breath and about generating new time lines with the next. _All_ time lines are totally present, in perpetual co existence. VERKAN VALL MADE A SMALL SET OF IMPATIENCE NO SUCH THING HE EXCLAIMED IT'S SEMANTICALLY INADMISSIBLE TO TALK ABOUT THE TOTAL RESIDENCE OF TIME WITH ONE BREATH AND ANOTHER GENERATING ABOUT NEW TIME LINES WILL NEXT ALL TIME LINES ARE TOTALLY PRESENT IN PERPETUAL COEXISTENCE
ove affair, and a year later, out of jealousy, she rays you half a dozen times with a needler." "Just about that happened to a friend of mine, not long ago," the pilot said. "Go on, sir." "Well, in the microsecond or so before you die--or afterward, for that matter, because we know that the extraphysical component survives physical destruction--your EPC slips back a couple of years, and re-connects at some point pastward of your first meeting with this girl, and carries with it memories of everything up to the moment of detachment, all of which are indelibly recorded in your subconscious mind. So, when you re-experience the event of standing outside the Martian Palace with a thirst, you go on to the Starway, or Nhergal's, or some other bar. In both cases, on both time-lines, you follow the line of maximum probability; in the second case, your subconscious future memories are an added causal factor." "And when I back-slip, after I've been needled, I generate a new time-line? Is that it? CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE DEVELOPS INTO A LOVE AFFAIR AND A YEAR LATER OUT OF JEALOUSY SHE RAISED YOU HALF A DOZEN TIMES WITH A NEEDLER JUST ABOUT THAT HAPPENED TO A FRIEND OF MINE NOT LONG AGO THE PILOT SAID GO ON SIR WELL ON THE MECCA SECOND OR SO BEFORE YOU DIE OR AFTERWARD FOR THAT MATTER BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE EXTRA PHYSICAL COMPONENT SURVIVES PHYSICAL DESTRUCTION YOUR E B C S SLIPS BACK A COUPLE YEARS AND RECONNECTS AT SOME POINT PASSWORD OF YOUR FIRST MEETING WITH THIS GIRL AND CARRIES IT WITH THE MEMORIES OF EVERYTHING TO THE MOMENT OF ATTACHMENT ALL OF WHICH ARE INDELIBLY RECORDED IN YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND SO WHEN YOU RE EXPERIENCE THE EVENT OF STANDING OUTSIDE THE MARTIAN PALACE WITH THIRST YOU GO ON TO THE STARWAYS OR NARGELES OR SOME OTHER BAR IN BOTH CASES ON BOTH TIME LINES YOU FOLLOW THE LINE OF MAXIMUM PROBABILITY IN THE SECOND CASE YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS FUTURE MEMORIES ARE AN ADDED CASUAL FACTOR AND WHEN I SLIP BACK AFTER I'VE BEEN NEEDLED I GENERATE A NEW TIME LINE IS THAT IT
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