“Think outside the rules,” Penny urged. “Kin, if we could do anything, what would it be?”
“Think outside the rules,” Penny urged. “Kin, if we could do anything, what would it be?”
“Well...” An alternative future projected out, one where things went their way and somehow covered all of their tracks and ensured a clean debriefing report. “First, we’d convince the TCB that the mission was a success. All traces would confirm that the subject was eliminated. Then someone hacks the era’s official county records to match so no one asks questions. Then the field agent has to successfully jump home without any problems, and Miranda has to escape somewhere with a new identity. No connection to her old life. And she has to agree to even do that.” Kin stopped, pausing to gaze up at the stars sprinkled above him. “You see the problem here? She can’t escape if the TCB ever discovers that the job isn’t complete. We can travel through time, but we can’t perform magic.”
