[North clears his throat, just once and very quietly, before launching into the oration of...something.]

( [Oh, it's a poem.] )

I know that a lot of the people on the ship come from rougher places than I do, and a lot of you have done some pretty--uhm--dangerous things.

[That isn't the word he wanted to use, but he'd rather not piss off any murderers aboard by using the word "terrible" to describe their actions.]So...I have some questions ( Read more... )

Back home, about eight years from my time, something bad is going to happen. I'm going to be directly involved. It goes down in history, there's even a memorial day for it.

But...if I'm here, does that mean I'm not going to be involved after all? But if I'm not involved, then how do people from my future know about it? I-If I'm here then it ( Read more... )