Pole Position

“Incredible!” Morland stared at the Chronoviewer’s screen. They were looking back in time to last Monday, and he could see himself and Bernelli at work in the lab. “It actually works.”

After the second bottle of champagne, Bernelli had a realisation. “If we reverse the trajectory of the emissions, we could look into the future.”

“No,” replied Morland. “You’d see nothing, since it hasn’t happened yet.”

“Ah, true.” But she tried anyway.

“What...?” Her voice was strained. Morland turned to the screen to see himself and Bernelli waving back.

“Guess we’re not the special ones,” he remarked, opening another bottle.