"I don't have the confidence to say that upon my return, I will still be the same."
According to both Theo's calculations and the plan he based on them, his time should run out right as he spoke out those words.
And yet…
Nothing happened.
'Huh?'
Squinting his eyes a bit, he looked down before doing a quick scan of his own energy. And contrary to all reason and logic… the energy that sustained his presence in the future was nowhere near exhaustion!
Heck, it was actually increasing with every passing second, making it seem as if he was… draining it from somewhere?
"What the…?"
Looking around, Theo moved away from the machine he rested his hand on, taking a step back as he looked around and then inwards, only to realize that whatever it was that gave him the energy was no longer there.
"Why…"