The dull ache of Eldrian’s wornout body threw him into sleep soon after he lay down The next morning brought sunshine screaming through the windows... Eldrian peeled himself from the bed, muscles still sore, and squinted outside. Wheat, swaying in the breeze as far as the eye could see. The town of River Run had been completely swallowed by it all. Even the river, for which the town was named, had vanished beneath the ocean of yellow. But as Eldrian watched, something started to move in the. I was noticing little fractures, or blemishes in the 'pictures' of the past I was looking at. This was a recent development, and it worried me. I started concentrating on those little blemishes.I also discussed them with Courtney. I was seeing these little blemishes, and larger ones too, more and more frequently. While the computer had admitted to me that my older future self had noticed this, it would not divulge any information further than that.What the heck were these things, and why did. "May I leave my clothes here? Oh, and would you be willing to have someone call his home and tell them he'll be late today?" How late?" Well, there's the SACNISP meeting after school. He should see that, and then I have to visit Bessie in the hospital and see how she's coming along. I think she should meet him."Very close up. Face to handlebars, in fact, The Stick suggested maliciously."I'll get him home by supper. Oh, and if I can have a copy of his class schedule, please? I'll need to keep. It was nice and spacious, with a large living room and a kitchen off to the side with a table that had a few odds and ends from some of the other girls living there. There was a TV in the corner as well as a bookshelf, and two couches. A hall led to three doors, two of them opening into bedrooms. The third was closed, but she could hear water running behind it as if someone were taking a shower.They dropped the stuff in the living room and took a moment to rest on the couches."Well, this is it,.