video;
That time is liquid, fluid in the way in which it flows. There is no set course or direction in which it must follow. Our situation may not be ideal, and I am uncomfortable with the notion that in one version of the timeline, there is someone posing as myself in my absence, but we must not forget that we are presented with opportunities here that we would not have otherwise.
[ like data. only captain picard knows that data would perish aboard the scimitar not long after voyager's return to the alpha quadrant. ]