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“And if this works,” Steve's eyes shut tight, he needs a breath before he can continue, “it could change the world for good? I mean, for the better?”
When he opens his eyes, El is almost smiling.
“You have a chance to make a version of us happy. This is it for us, but if you succeed they will live long, and happily. If you don't succeed, they will follow our path and find the same end, and we will all be done,” she says gently. The truth never sounded so impossible and hopeful in the same breath.
Her fingers tighten on his arms, and Steve knows they are out of time.
“What do I have to do?”
“When you get there, teach me about short cuts,” she says, and then everything about her intensifies, “But first you have to save Billy Hargrove.”