... were it not that I have bad dreams

[youandyoualone]

Since we returned to Harrogate, some seven Jaunts ago, I have upon occasion been subject to disquieting nightmares of possible futures--as I believe some others of us have as well. I had another such dream this last night.

In this dream, I stood watching a black river slowly ice over and I knew, I knew that when the ice stretched from bank to bank, the palpable sense of wrongness I felt at the advent of the ice would become irreversible. There were shapes frozen under that ice and those who surrounded me had forked tongues; they were hissing threats at one another. When I tried to warn them of the ice, they turned away.

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[youandyoualone]

Nor do I. I am a fairly ordinary man, for a Traveler.

[reallymean]

If you truly believe that, you're giving yourself too little credit.

[youandyoualone]

Ah, but I meant in the sense that I did not come here wielding magical powers or fantastic future weaponry.

[reallymean]

I believe that describes some of the most powerful Travelers as well. But I take your point.