“When I went to the future the first time with Team Delta, I saw something that seemed inevitable too. Something I couldn’t live with.”
His head slowly turns toward me. “What was it?”
“I saw that I was going to murder the rest of my team and kill myself. I had the gun and everything. I believed it was true because of my past, because my father was a murderer, and because all evidence pointed to that fate. I debated staying in the future to protect them, or even killing myself to stop what would happen.”
“Why didn’t you?”
“Because someone else believed in me, and that was enough to give me hope.” I trace the origami unicorn tattoo with my finger. It’s healed enough by now that it doesn’t hurt, just itches a little. “When I got back to the present, I found o
