“You know what?” Kin turned the key and roared the engine back to life. “Ignore us. This is up to you, not me. We can turn around, and I can drop you off, and you can live like this never happened. I may travel through time, but the future is never 100 percent, that much I can tell you. Maybe you’re the exception that finally wins out. Maybe you delete the file fast enough, the info never gets out, and TCB lets this go. I can’t say. I can only tell you their plan, but the decision is up to you. This is your life. You decide. We can go back, or we can keep going west toward San Francisco.
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Here is Kin's big moment -- not any of the hero stuff, but finally realizing that he has to let go and give his daughter a choice about what she's doing with her life. As the parent of a young child, this is something I constantly grapple with, and I imagine it's not going to get any easier as she grows up and finds who she is. But ultimately, with everyone, allowing that space to have choice is very critical and when we DON'T do that, that's when things turn toxic.
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