[ WP ] A machine allows you to have a 15-minute conversation with your one true soul mate , romantic or otherwise . Your match lives 100 years in the future .

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 After an eternity in line, I took my seat behind the monitor. My love life has always been a vicious cycle of hurting and being hurt, and I really just need it to stop so I can move on and finally sleep again. But how to go about it? It ’ s hard to find love, especially when you ’ re worried that you may have already found it and thrown everything away. A message popped up on the computer screen informing me that it was connecting me to my soulmate, wherever they may be. As the loading bar filled, I desperately hoped and prayed that I wouldn ’ t recognize the face that I saw, that it wasn ’ t someone I had already hurt or lost in the past. 
 It wasn ’ t. 
 The woman on the screen wasn ’ t particularly beautiful. She had the kind of face you would never really look twice at, but that ’ s not what this machine was designed to look for. It went far beyond skin deep. 
 We both sat nervously for a few moments, until I gave a shy smile. I must have looked pretty awkward, because she giggled at me. It wasn ’ t an insulting laugh by any means, and it certainly helped to lighten the mood. I decided it was time to break the ice. 
 “ So, uh, what do you like to watch on TV? ” 
 “ Well, I don ’ t really like any current stuff. I only watch super old shows. That Luke Cage show that Netflix made is my all time favorite. ” 
 My eyes widened when I realized what she said. “ That... that show hasn ’ t even come out yet. It debuts next month. ” 
 She stared in disbelief. “ What do you mean? Netflix crashed twelve years ago, when 4D entertainment took off in 2112. ” 
 “ I live in 2016. I don ’ t even know what 4D is. ” 
 We fell silent again, as everything sank in. If she really was my soulmate, I ’ d likely be dead by the time she was conceived, let alone when she became an adult. Then another thing hit me. This machine scanned both past and future for the one person I was truly meant to be with, the one person I could connect with, and this conversation was all we ’ d ever see or hear of each other. I had heard stories about people traveling the world to meet the person they saw, living and loving happily ever after. Was it really too much to ask for something like that? And what of my future relationships, forever tainted by the knowledge that they weren ’ t the one? How could any marriage hope to succeed with that skeleton in the closet? 
 “ Hey. ” A voice interrupted my brooding. I looked up at her to see a sad smile on her face. “ Can you do me one favor? ” 
 “ Yeah, sure, What is it? ” 
 “ On the day it comes out, binge Luke Cage. I ’ ll do the same here on the day it came out in the past, and that way we can enjoy it together. ” 
 I nodded my agreement, making a mental note to clear my calendar that day. 
 “ And I don ’ t know if it means all that much... but I ’ m really glad we met. ” 
 I sat there, thinking of something to say, while the timer in the corner of the monitor blinked from 3, to 2, to 1, to 0, leaving me staring at an empty screen.
