- becomes, sooner or later, another memory whose meaning will change as the universe continues its patient unfolding.
The Manhunters were meant to stand outside time.
Instead, they became one of its most enduring lessons.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ
If one wished to understand the history of the Manhunters, not merely the sequence of their creation, rebellion, and abandonment, which can be summarized with the deceptive clarity of a chronicle, but the deeper -
- the unimaginable stretches of time that separate their present from that first moment of creation. For in contemplating the Manhunters, they are forced to confront a possibility that even their immense intellect cannot fully dispel, that every attempt to control the future -