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While he hadn’t admitted it to his now-returned friend, Jeff – the old Jeff had indeed told him about the mission to Russia. But the story of taking Jeff and the Russian woman to the airport, traveling to 1849 and getting shot in the leg, was not something that he’d actually experienced. Dexter had documented Jeff’s story in a notebook that was safely tucked away in a bank deposit box for scientific purposes, but whatever changes Jeff had made on his mission to Russia had done away with the need for him to actually take the trip. What Jeff hadn’t shared with him was where he was headed with the time device when he ran. Dexter knew, of course, but only because he’d surmised. Since he hadn’t returned, there was no way to verify any of it, however.
Jeff had caught his eye for a moment before they’d broken the meeting, looking like he wanted to connect, but Dexter needed a few moments to transition himself. The presentation he was about to make was about his own failure – both on the research side and as a watchdog. Throughout the course of the Kane situation, there had been multiple opportunities for Dexter to put a stop to any problems. Of course, he’d said from the beginning that he had no business being the “muscle” if a traveler chose to attempt to run, so he didn’t fault himself for that piece of it. But his specific role in the Time Program was to ensure that there weren’t historical conflicts like the one caused by Benjamin Kane.
A little bit of time had passed since the Kane mission, and while Dexter was charged with coming up with a solution, he was now comfortable in knowing that his job wasn’t in jeopardy. That being said, no reliable solution had presented itself until Jeff Jacobs suddenly appeared on a plane from Russia and, now that he was back, there was the need to resurrect the entire story again. While he was glad to know his friend was safe, he’d actually hoped that he wouldn’t have to look backward and deal with it anymore. Getting hit on the head with a bottle and then hearing Kane murder someone had not been a proud moment for him.
Now he was hiding in the bathroom in his best attempt to delay the rest of the conversation. In his reports, he hadn’t been one hundred percent forthright, and he stood at the urinal going over his words to make sure he’d be reiterating the story he’d given previously. Since Kane had changed history by murdering George Mellen, there was no way of knowing – because he hadn’t had the opportunity to do the research originally – what Mellen’s life would have yielded. He could guess, of course, since the kid on the street had told him that Mellen’s company made breakfast cereal while Kane was in the milling industry. But with portions of that history wiped away, he hadn’t gone into that level of detail with the Time Program’s leadership. He’d told them he was unaware of Kane’s motives. Since the history was gone, there was no way to prove his story right or wrong anyway.
Should he give them any more information now than he’d already given them? He didn’t see any reason to. In fact, had he not come back and told them about Kane, they would have had no way of knowing what had actually happened – or that a guy named Benjamin Kane had even approached the Time Program. That damn oath he took. None of it really mattered toward finding a solution for the mishap, anyway. He’d researched Mellen’s murder in the city’s police records and found the documentation. That was the story he’d given them, and it was bad enough – Kane had gone back in time to murder someone on Dexter’s watch. All other things aside, their best solution was to stop him from carrying out his crime.
Up until Jeff’s return, though, there hadn’t been consensus that simply going back to 1930 and grabbing Kane was the way to go. No one had done anything like it, and neither the science nor the practicality of it had been explored. He’d raised
Jeff had caught his eye for a moment before they’d broken the meeting, looking like he wanted to connect, but Dexter needed a few moments to transition himself. The presentation he was about to make was about his own failure – both on the research side and as a watchdog. Throughout the course of the Kane situation, there had been multiple opportunities for Dexter to put a stop to any problems. Of course, he’d said from the beginning that he had no business being the “muscle” if a traveler chose to attempt to run, so he didn’t fault himself for that piece of it. But his specific role in the Time Program was to ensure that there weren’t historical conflicts like the one caused by Benjamin Kane.
A little bit of time had passed since the Kane mission, and while Dexter was charged with coming up with a solution, he was now comfortable in knowing that his job wasn’t in jeopardy. That being said, no reliable solution had presented itself until Jeff Jacobs suddenly appeared on a plane from Russia and, now that he was back, there was the need to resurrect the entire story again. While he was glad to know his friend was safe, he’d actually hoped that he wouldn’t have to look backward and deal with it anymore. Getting hit on the head with a bottle and then hearing Kane murder someone had not been a proud moment for him.
Now he was hiding in the bathroom in his best attempt to delay the rest of the conversation. In his reports, he hadn’t been one hundred percent forthright, and he stood at the urinal going over his words to make sure he’d be reiterating the story he’d given previously. Since Kane had changed history by murdering George Mellen, there was no way of knowing – because he hadn’t had the opportunity to do the research originally – what Mellen’s life would have yielded. He could guess, of course, since the kid on the street had told him that Mellen’s company made breakfast cereal while Kane was in the milling industry. But with portions of that history wiped away, he hadn’t gone into that level of detail with the Time Program’s leadership. He’d told them he was unaware of Kane’s motives. Since the history was gone, there was no way to prove his story right or wrong anyway.
Should he give them any more information now than he’d already given them? He didn’t see any reason to. In fact, had he not come back and told them about Kane, they would have had no way of knowing what had actually happened – or that a guy named Benjamin Kane had even approached the Time Program. That damn oath he took. None of it really mattered toward finding a solution for the mishap, anyway. He’d researched Mellen’s murder in the city’s police records and found the documentation. That was the story he’d given them, and it was bad enough – Kane had gone back in time to murder someone on Dexter’s watch. All other things aside, their best solution was to stop him from carrying out his crime.
Up until Jeff’s return, though, there hadn’t been consensus that simply going back to 1930 and grabbing Kane was the way to go. No one had done anything like it, and neither the science nor the practicality of it had been explored. He’d raised
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