Constellation 07

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

[Arthur sits at his desk, hunched slightly forward, his head resting somewhat on his hand. He's got a history book opened up in front of him, several more stacked around him. Its opened to one of the chapters regarding World War II.

His expression is hinted with confusion, sadness, and anger. But mostly, he just looks very tired. In his left hand is the pocket watch, and h keeps flipping the face open and close, never really looking at it]

Comments

[mercwamouth]

What, is that still bothering you?

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

I thought I should look into it myself. That's all.

[mercwamouth]

'Cause looking into the future always ends well.

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

There's still a chance it's not my own reality's future.

[mercwamouth]

Not very likely, buddy.

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

Is there really a problem reading up so far in the future? I might not even be alive at that point.

[mercwamouth]

Well think of it like this. If you did know about WWII and you did manage to stop it, maybe an even worse war will just come around a decade later because this one was put off. Screwing with history never works. Unless you're Marty McFly.

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

There's no way for me to stop it. It started the moment the Treaty of Versay started, and since I'm involved in neither German politics or European business, there is little I could actually do.

[mercwamouth]

So what are you stressing over?

[scienceandgod.livejournal.com]

The fact that it happened at all.

[mercwamouth]

Man, you're takin' it pretty hard.