[ WP ] A superhero whose power is to see one minute into the future meets his match when he meets a villain whose power is to rewind time by one minute .

Minute Man stared across the room at Sixtysecondius, feeling very tired. Sixtysecondius stared back, and Minute Man thought that he was probably feeling the same, maybe more so. They sat on the floor of Sixtysecondius' lair, their elbows propped on their knees, their backs against opposite walls. Their faces were lit by the flickering torches that lined the dark stone walls. 
 
 `` You have n't tried anything in a while,'' the villain said wearily. `` Why? Planning some new strategy?'' 
 
 The hero chuckled weakly. `` No. What's to plan? I may be able to look forward to see whether my plan of attack will work or not, but when I'm on the verge of beating you, you just send us back. I mean, I may not be aware of us being sent back, but from the way this... this'fight' has gone so far, I can guess at what's been happening.'' 
 
 Sixtysecondius could n't help a half-smile. `` You do n't know the half of it. For me, this is like the short-film version of'Groundhog Day'. I've lost count of how many times we've had this conversation.'' 
 
 `` Oh, do I try something a minute from now?'' 
 
 Sixtysecondius raised his eyebrows. `` Actually, you usually lunge at me right there, and I take us back to that long silence we had a... well, a minute ago. That was the first time you asked me a question instead.'' 
 
 `` So we're making progress.'' 
 
 The villain laughed. `` I suppose.'' There was another long moment of silence. `` What did you do back before you were famous? How did you first use your powers?'' 
 
 Minute Man was silent for a moment. `` Well, I did n't do what I tell everyone I did. I've always said that I foresaw a little girl being hit by a car, and rushed out into the intersection just in time to save her. And I did, but that's not how I discovered my powers. For a long time before that, I... I was a pickpocket.'' 
 
 `` What? Are you serious?'' Sixtysecondius was grinning. 
 
 `` Yep. It was so easy. I would reach for someone's wallet, and just look forward. I could see whether or not I'd been caught in the act, and if I saw it was all-clear, I would go ahead. It did n't just work for pickpocketing either. All kinds of stuff. Reaching over counters to grab money from cash registers, shoplifting, I did anything I could think of.'' 
 
 `` You know, I started out pretty much the same. Of course, I just had to go ahead with it, and if it went sour, I would just rewind. But the same principle.'' Sixtysecondius shook his head. `` I may have been a petty thief, but it's amazing how fast I built up money when I could do it fearlessly, all the time, one after another. That's how I built up my fortune.'' 
 
 Minute Man was nodding. `` Same here.'' 
 
 The villain smiled. `` You know, we're not so different, you and I...'' 
 
 Minute Man held up his hands. `` Ugh, please. Anything but that speech.'' 
 
 They stared across the room at one another, and Sixtysecondius could feel the tension building again. `` Come on,'' he said weakly. `` You do n't have to do it. We could just...'' 
 
 Minute Man vaulted off the wall behind him, lunging across the room. 
 
 Sixtysecondius sighed, and snapped his fingers.
