"Know what we did, Lucy? You and me? We spent our whole lives yearning. Isn't that the God damndest thing?"

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A weapon based on Time . . ." mused Viktor Mulciber. "Well, why not? The one force no one knows how to defeat, resist, or reverse. It kills all forms of life sooner or later. With a Time-weapon you could become the most feared person in history." "I'd rather be loved," said Root. Mulciber shrugged. "You're young.

— Thomas Pynchon