If I hadn’t been writing that day, I wouldn’t have met my future self.
If I hadn’t met my future self, I wouldn’t have been hunted by a future artificial intelligence.
If I hadn’t been hunted by an artificial intelligence, I wouldn’t have been contained as an anomaly.
If I hadn’t been contained as an anomaly, I wouldn’t have changed the future through the butterfly effect.
If I hadn’t changed the future, I wouldn’t have been arrested by the Time Administration.
If I hadn’t been arrested by the Time Administration, I wouldn’t have been rescued by space pirates and become a pirate myself.
If I hadn’t become a pirate, I wouldn’t have become the captain of a starship.
If I hadn’t become the captain of a starship, I wouldn’t have saved the world.
If I hadn’t saved the world, I could never have traveled through time to come find you.
Now, do you understand, past me? Do you know why I came to find you?
“No, I don’t.”
“What do you mean, you still don’t know? Haven’t you noticed that your novel hasn’t been updated in ages?”
