Year: 1947 - Timeline A
Place: Rosyth Dockyard, Rosyth, near Edinburgh, Scotland
Dialogue: Aurora and Rob
Time: A "repeat" of Saturday when Aurora first met Dani, one hour after meeting her again
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Aurora: "Rob, disregard your orders about standing watch, and release her. Be a man of action."
Rob: "We need to release who? Over my orders? Our Pacific Theater pub mate? No way."
Aurora: "You should know better than to talk like that. War's over."
Rob: "Right as usual, but why we riskin' a trip to the gallows by breaking her out of here?"
Aurora: "You know that silver placemat piece of electronics she had? We are going to need it."
Rob: "That's impossible. I heard it's being loaded onto a plane bound for Washington D.C."
Aurora: "It should be fine. Everything I read I have completely memorized. I think so, anyway."
Rob: "Specifically, the French writings that were decoded before her initial interrogation?"
Aurora: "Correct. There was only one passage, quite lengthy, and 23 accompanying footnotes."
Rob: "I forgot about your perfect memory. All your perfect scores on those tests they give."
Aurora: "Listen, Rob. You need to stay focused, disregard your orders, and show some courage."
Rob: "I need to understand. I, and other military personnel give the orders, not civilians."
Aurora: "I will explain then. Yesterday, on Saturday, when I first met her..."
Rob: "What? Today is Saturday, and both of ye met each other a few minutes ago!"
Aurora: "Yes, of course. When I did her initial assessment, she told me to read footnote 19."
Rob: "What's that?"
Aurora: "It was one of the passages on the placemat electronics that she was brought in with."
Rob: "What did that thing say?"
Aurora: "It told of how to skip through time. By walking around, Rob, if you can believe it."
Rob: "How's that now?"
Aurora: "If you see a person on the street, pass them on the left. If a group of two, pass them -"
Rob: "Okay, I'm not following any of this -"
Aurora: "On the right, as if you've never met. If three or more, pass them on the left, as before."
Rob: "What's that mean?"
Aurora: "It means after I walked around the streets, I skipped back to the time I first met her."
Rob: "Okay, okay, okay. I'm even more confused. What's that supposed to mean?"
Aurora: "It means we help her escape, so she can hack off the fingers of a Mr. George Orwell."
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