Miracle

An aging scientist has labored for years to develop a method of traversing time and asks his grandson to continue the experiments; the grandson and his fiancée become bound up in a sense of destiny linked to the work. The narrative follows the grandson's tense, disorienting voyage backward through layered cityscapes and wilderness, described as a monochrome passage in which instruments and currents alter vibratory states. Interwoven with speculative explanation of time as a fixed scroll and reflections on predestination, the story raises the possibility that fleeting travelers could be perceived as miracles in earlier eras and implies an urgent mission connected to Ruth Vincent.