“I came back for my own purposes,” said the Time Traveler, looking around my booklined study. “I chose you to talk to because it was . . . convenient. And I don’t want you to do a goddamned thing. There’s nothing you can do. But relax . . . we’re not going to be talking about personal things. Such as, say, the year, day, and hour of your death. I don’t even know that sort of trivial information, although I could look it up quickly enough. You can release that white-knuckled grip you have on the edge of your desk.” I tried to relax. “What do you want to talk about?” I said. “The Century War,” said the Time Traveler. I blinked and tried to remember some history. “You mean the Hundred Year War? Fifteenth Century? Fourteenth? Sometime around there. Between . . . France and England? Henry V? Kenneth Branagh? Or was it . . .” “I mean the Century War with Islam,” interrupted the Time Traveler. “Your future. Everyone’s.” He was no longer smiling. Without asking, or offering to pour me any, he
Okay, that was bizarre. If I end up dreaming about George Washington's 39 d*cks tonight I'm gonna be really disturbed.
ReplyDeleteEvery flippin' time I hear this song, it gets stuck in my head. Grrarrggh!
ReplyDeleteI present President Lincoln back from the dead and shooting Batman in the chest as a rebuttal - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDygRL9Yurg&search=ultimate%20showdown
Awesome. And of course I'll have dreams of Mr. Rogers with a machete, but it's not like that's something new...
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