Chapter Three (Closure)

[aipsylon]

Erik listened to Adrian as he called out suki, how he denied his own. The man was a very negative person, though it seemed he required himself to be independent, to follow the agreed upon path, but for his own reasons. Thinking on the matter it seemed easy enough to let it be now, but that could cause problems later on.

Erik turned to Adrian. "You are right about our need to keep our options open, not limiting ourselves to overly romanticized notions, but it is also important that we keep our morals." He paused to separate that thought from the next, not wanting the two to blend together.

"The other point is one I must disagree with you on. Finding and stopping this group from making further changes to the timeline is far more difficult that you would expect. Even if they took no more actions after today they have already done significant work toward having their legacy continue its effects. You see now that this is not as simple as locating the group. Even that is assuming that they have not assimilated or assimilated into an existing government or organization."