And none of it helped.With reality having rearranged itself to accommodate thisyounger version of himself, the starting point was nowCarrie Archer and...not Paul Curtis. The only trip he couldmake was into her past. Paul Curtis was gone, probablyforever.He was fairly certain he had the why of it, but not the how.Then he recalled something Susan had said to Liz:"In the realm of quantum mechanics, observing is not apassive act."In the act of observing something at the quantum level, youchange it,. As I was slipping into my suit, Mary opened the curtain and gave the guys a little show of my ass wiggling into the bikini bottom. I turned around after putting on the halter top and saw Johnny just smiling at me, licking his lips. I started getting that old feeling between my legs, before I realized what I was thinking. Mary was much bolder. She stood right there in front of them in her sheer bra and panties while she put on her bikini and adjusted it. Allen, Dan and Luke stood there adjusting. And I would have definitely been game to try if Lara had suggested a threesome. But the idea of fucking in front of a clothed stranger seemed a little weird. Lara knew how to answer my objection. Grasping my cock in her hand, she leaned forward and whispered a single word of explanation, "Virgin," and sealed my mouth with her lips to prevent further protest. I made a mental note to try to remember the fact that my friend was more than a little mad even if it did mean I got laid. I caught. ”“I didn’t know that,” he replied thoughtfully.“Are you okay?” the woman asked.Yren frowned. “I think I’m missing something. I don’t seem to be able to feel anything. The ring is irritating, but I don’t feel anger or happiness or fear or ... anything, really.”“It is the nature of this particular void,” the woman said, her voice sad. “It’s another difference from the void I visit. This one is not natural.”“It is hard to imagine a void that is natural,” Yren remarked evenly. “I would think it.