“Teacher, the cause of the world, the cause of the universe, is it not God?” asked a student.

  “The cause of all things happening is happenstance, “ answered the teacher. “Guided by the laws of nature.”

  A student frantically raised their hand. “Teacher, teacher!”

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  “Yes?”

  “That’s not what my father told me.”

  “Oh, what did he tell you?”

  “A group of time travelers …”

  “Shhh!” The teacher interrupted. “We must never speak …”

  “But Teacher, the time travelers, they watch us and control …”

  The discussion had vanished into the cosmos, like all those before it, and all those after.