7 Splinters in Time Page #4

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to go back to then,

I wouldn't think

of then as then,

I would think of it as now.

So, is "then" now?

And even "now" is

what was to be back then

when I was thinking it was now.

And it's a little strange,

don't you think?

Because "to be" is to be now.

I mean, now.

Well, then what I meant now

to be isn't to be,

because "to be" is now,

but what I meant to be was then,

then referred to as now,

only when I was speaking of it

as "now" then before.

Whoa.

Whoa.

Are we related, man?

I've never seen anyone look

so much like me.

I know, I know.

Just, please, stay with me.

Have a look at that.

Oh, man, this is not happening.

I think someone is after us.

Have you noticed anything

suspicious around here lately?

Is this about the give that

Sheila left in the dumpster?

Man, I can explain that.

That's great.

Local police are conducting

an investigation

into the apparent homicide

of a 40-year-old local trader.

Mr. Dreyfus Tierney's body

was discovered earlier today

near the central

stock exchange complex.

Cause of death, multiple knife

wounds to the abdomen.

The police department has

not issued a statement,

but there is speculation

as to whether this murder

was connected to

the stabbing death...

Somebody change the channel,

man.

I'm just gonna finish this.

There might be other

versions of me in the world,

but I still felt alone.

None of these cheap duplicates

knew who the killer was,

and they were paying

for their ignorance in blood.

Maybe the clues

were closer to home,

in the places I'd been

too afraid to look until now.

That... that symbol

means "Omphalos."

Yeah.

Omphalos?

Yeah, in Greek

"Omphalos" means navel.

I'm sorry, did you say "navel"?

Zeus.

Zeus foisted two eagles

across the world

to meet at the navel

of the world.

Are you all right?

I have to look something up.

What time do you close?

We don't close. No.

You don't close.

Where would I find

the microfiche?

I have no idea.

Great.

Creation from nothing.

The cords all link back.

Joyce.

Here you are.

Your father fiddled

with the fabric.

I'm sorry?

We have newspaper articles

going back 200 years.

Thank you.

Oh, if you need help,

she's very good.

No, I don't... I don't need...

I'll be going.

Lights out at six!

No dalliance, no body dilatory!

You are a lizard warrior.

If you sit in the sun

long enough, you'll get hit.

I asked the librarian

for all articles containing

the word Omphalos.

Find what you were looking for?

I know where I was born now.

Excellent.

Come back anytime.

Sometimes you wake up

in the morning

and you're like this.

You're like a lizard on a road.

You don't know who you are?

Can you tell

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