That’s the moment that comes to Dalton as Breaker steps down into the grass and walks toward him—the clench in his stomach, the roar of the train, and above all, the absolute certainty that swept over him then that no matter what happened in the next few seconds, everything would be fine. He would live, or he would die, and no matter which branch the universe chose, everything would go on more or less just the same as before.
