The alarmists who feared that the destruction of The Abyss meant the ultimate
destruction of all time powers found some validation years later when it
became apparent that no more paramounts were being born. A child with time
powers will generally discover their abilities by the time they reach
adulthood. Depending on what it is, they may demonstrate it during infancy, or
it may not happen until puberty, but rarely does it wait until their twenties.
The last known paramount was born sixteen years ago, just before Durus finally
managed to reach its destination in the 70 Ophiuchi star system. It would seem
that these suns were having a greater impact on the perception and usage of
time than just the Abyss. That was apparently only the first noticeable
change. As of now, the birth of no new people with time powers was the only
other thing that had changed about their world, but that didn’t mean it would
stay that way forever. Some people worried that this was only the beginning,
that they would eventually lose all time-based privileges. After all, what
exactly was the difference between a person with time powers, and a machine
that could manipulate time? Biology? Yeah, maybe. But the sunlight had already
had an effect on something nonbiological, so there was a strong chance that
all nonlinear time, and temporal manipulation, would go away eventually. On
Earth, that would be totally okay. Time powers were a perk, but not essential.
They were literally vital to the people of Durus, however. They kept a stable
atmosphere, and a rotating planet, and they allowed it to orbit the suns in a
particular pattern. Even if the scientists hadn’t chosen to use an unnatural
figure eight pattern, they would have needed these powers and technologies in
order to enter an orbit at all. Otherwise, they would have either passed the
stars on by, or collided with one of them. If a celestial body isn’t on the
right path to orbit a different celestial body of greater mass, then it won’t.
Things were really getting serious now, and it was time to truly focus on
finding regular technological solutions to terrible eventualities. It wasn’t
impossible, but it would be immensely difficult. They could survive on a rogue
world, likely by retreating underground, but they would have to progress in a
way that they never had before. And the real problem was they didn’t know if
they had time to develop enough to accomplish this. They had already gotten
started, but knowing what they knew now about the lack of young paramounts,
the eleventh hour would forever be their resting state.
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My name is Nick Fisherman III. It's not my real name, but that's not because I'm trying to hide from my former agency, or something. I named myself after someone I've known for most of my life, and he chose it in honor of his late best friend. I took up writing when I found myself failing 8th grade science, and realized I might never reach my dream of becoming a biochemist, a meteorologist, and a quantum physicist. I started developing my canon after a scouting trip to an island inspired what I thought would be my first novel. I founded this website upon the advice of many people, who told me I needed to get my work out there, and not wait for an agent to accept my manuscript. You can expect one new story every day. Weekdays are for microstories, which are one or two paragraphs long. They're usually only thematically linked, so you won't have to read one to understand another, but they do sometimes tell a combined story. Sundays are for my continuous longer story, The Advancement of Mateo Matic, which I started in the beginning, and won't end until 2066. Saturdays are for long series, most of which take place in the same universe as Mateo, and add to the larger mythology.
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