Chapter 75
Time represents endless eternity, and space connotes unbounded infinity. They are absolute concepts, the fundamental attributes of existence itself, and the unchanging framework within which all things evolve.
What is done cannot be undone. The only thing one can change is the future. If the past were truly altered, the ripple effect would reshape the present in unpredictable ways.
This is the rule of the universe, the principle of all things—immutable, untouchable, unshakable.
Yet, in this moment, Yoren discovered a flaw. A contradiction so absurd it felt like seeing a shark resting in the desert or a panda swimming in the deep sea. It defied logic, upended reason.
For the first time, he was forced to question his own understanding of the world. Was the world wrong, or was he?
Or perhaps, they both were?
Coupled with the strange phenomenon he had discovered about Kroos, this brought Yoren back to a thought he had when he last traversed the real world.
Back then, he was certain—this was not the same world. Or, at the very least, the two worlds did not exist within the same dimension.
Because this all pointed to one inescapable truth: the butterfly effect.
The butterfly effect is change. The moment someone perceives a shift, it confirms that something has deviated from its course. No matter how minor, even if undetectable to the naked eye, a change is a change. And where there is change, something has gone wrong.
At the time, he theorized that if he returned to Terra and found drastic changes, it would prove that his actions in his original world had bled into this one.