The time traveller closed the book and stared blankly ahead.

"So," said the author, "was that what-"

"No! That wasn't at all- It's a warning!"

"Allegorical, but y-"

"It's not you I need to kill, it's the person who read this and still wanted to build the Torment Nexus!"

"Kill?"

"I must go!"

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