The data flowed continuously, and the processing level had only reached one per cent. The software collected the personal data, looking for keywords and arranging them according to birthplace. Where it found dates, it listed them in chronological order. Raymond stared at the list, enchanted, as if it were a crystal ball. He randomly chose some names and read the life stories, which were not merely events flowing on a continuous timeline. There were some episodes and major events emphasised, like they could have been key turning points. The man he picked randomly from the list had been living in North Carolina during the time of Prohibition. He was born as the second child in a farming family, as there was information about an older brother among the childhood memories. The brothers had b

