[ WP ] - A old man tells the story of his superpower , and the reason he never used it .

I manipulated you. I'm sorry. I was wrong and I want to confess... 
 
 When I first learned of what I was capable of, my first desire was to control you, bend you to my will, to own you. 
 
 I know.. I cringe every time I remember how arrogant I was in those early days. I swear to you it started innocently at first. I tested our boundaries judiciously, but with each caress more intoxicating than the last I could n't help myself. I continued until I was convinced that with enough patience, I could never lose once I'd had my way with you. 
 
 You hate me for it now but put yourself in my shoes. I'd just learned that anytime I wanted, any mistake I made I could undo. Every choice I could re-choose. I was drunk on the knowledge that even Death itself was unable to stop me from using my powers. Seriously, how could it not get to my head when I'd literally jumped back in time from beyond the grave! 
 
 Yet... as shocking as *that* was to discover, it paled when I learned how the power to change meant the power to destroy, and that I'd unknowingly left chaos in my wake... 
 
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 I still cry for her every night you know... Of course you know, you heartless - Monstrosity! She was so beautiful, young, in-innocenIT'S YOUR FAULT WE LOST HER! Your fault! Your fault as much as mine... 
 
 My fault. I stepped back too quickly, too carelessly, too far and she... Oh God, how could I have been so stupid! 
 
 I've spent lifetimes trying to bring her back, and I understand now why you wont allow it. It's in your very nature is n't it? They call it the butterfly effect, but it's more than that... Every time I jump back, the mere fact that I remember the other life means that I'm different. The outcome I seek is impossible because I'm the seed to your randomness. An impossible seed... 
 
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 I realize now, my dear, sweet, Entropy, that it is my turn to submit to you. 
 
 Death wo n't have me, another side-effect of our relationship, I'm sure. They say that Schrödinger's cat can only perceive the realities in which it exists. You see, from it's perspective it never dies. It endures the same curse you've gifted me. 
 
 Well here's my gift to you. If I ca n't go forward, I'm going back. All the way back. 
 
 Back to a reality void of a power I'll have never used, a daughter I'll have never lost, and a lifetime I'll have never lived. 

