Things To Do In The Bronze Age by David Barber
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Things To Do In The Bronze Age by David Barber
Time-travelers as gods and heroes in ancient mythology . . . interesting.
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Re: Things To Do In The Bronze Age by David Barber
The Warrior et al. were not just time travelers, or at least not human time travelers. My impression was that they were extra-dimensional entities who were explorers or maybe just tourists, able to wrap themselves in 'native costume' (including human-appearing bodies) to blend in. Hence they would not be concerned about changing history -- it was not, after all, THEIR history, and may not even have been "in the past" from their viewpoint. Think of the Achilles-body as a telepresence device of sorts, one that let its operator experience everything that the biological template (human body) would -- pain, pleasure, fear, joy... When the explorers / tourists had seen / experienced enough, they departed, and their disguises simply ceased to exist from the viewpoint of the natives.
David (Barber), did I get it right? Was that how you saw the story?
David (Barber), did I get it right? Was that how you saw the story?
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