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The door closed, shutting out the roaring flames, screaming horses, and the sound of people burning alive.
Morally he could have done more and he knew it.
He was angry and guilty and defensive
she was angry and guilty and defensive as well.
banging on
It wasn’t only the dangers of inadvertently changing history, but the emotional toll as well. How many people had died today?
You don’t walk away from blind men struggling in the mud. You should, but you don’t.
Well, Kal hadn’t and neither had I. Nor Kevin Grant. But Sussman had. Did that make him a better or worse historian than me?
Or a better or wors...
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Yes, there was an emotional price to pay for interaction, but was it greater or lesser than doing nothing? And what about a vengeful History, alwa...
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‘Bugger off
Dieter
Chief Farrell
Nurse Hunter
the Remembrance Day ceremony in Rushford
"For the Fallen" is a “war poem” written by Laurence Binyon (1869-1943). It was first published in The [London] Times in September 1914. The quoted stanza is most often anthologized and is said to be the first stanza he composed, from which the others sprang in rhythm, content, and mood.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_Fallen
https://allpoetry.com/For-The-Fallen
https://interestingliterature.com/2022/01/they-shall-not-grow-old-poem-meaning/
His poem about the London Blitz, "The Burning of the Leaves", published in The Atlantic, Nov. 1942, regarded by many as his masterpiece.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1942/11/the-burning-of-the-leaves-five-poems/657324/
https://allpoetry.com/The-Burning-Of-The-Leaves
Keep it safe and keep it accessible. It's important.’
Dr Bairstow.
Mrs Partridge
Kalinda
Mrs Partridge
‘feckless’
‘irrespon...
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Miss Maxwell will head the mission.
‘The Cretaceous Period. Sixty-seven million years ago,
And, although this was ridiculous, I think we all instinctively felt the invisible cord, our trail of breadcrumbs, our route home stretched thinner and thinner the further back we went.
we’re far more likely to be eaten by the indigenous fauna than lost in time.’
stuck in
The star map;
I had no idea how different the stars would be all that time ago, but now was a good time to find out, I suppose.
I made a note to talk to the Chief about co-ordinates and how much control we would have. None, I guessed.
climate
Geology
Flora:
lots of coniferous forests, though broad-leafed trees did exist.
fauna;
we can do a 3D holo for this.