Cecilia began with her analysis about what Ruby truly was.
"Perhaps we're inclined to believe that all time travel looks the same," she started. "We go to the future or the past with our current body, our memories, our capabilities. We land, and we try to change something. To affect the timeline."
She took a steadying breath, her fingers tracing the grain of the wooden table. "As our current self."
Her gaze lifted, touching each of them, tracing the lines. "What we see in Ruby… she certainly didn't return to the past as her future self. If she had, there would be two of her, one much older. It's a possibility we can't entirely dismiss…"
She trailed off, then shook her head. "But the Ruby we've known and observed looks exactly as she should for her age. And she has always operated alone. No double."
"So, rather than a classic 'travel,' there are two more plausible possibilities."
