November 17

Jim enters the machine. Tom sets the dial for one day in the future and pushes the button. He opens the door and Jim walks out.

``What day is it?'' Tom asks.

``November 18,'' Jim replies. He then describes his memories of the past twenty-four hours. He says they tried the Infundibula, but it didn't work. He remembers swapping syllogisms with Tom for a few hours, then going to see Back to the Future, Part XVII. Then he realized that his memories are of his past but not necessarily Tom's future.

This makes sense to Tom--it had to be this way. ``You're from a different universe!'' he says. ``If there were only one universe and only one Jim, you would now be a day older than yourself! You still haven't seen your future.''

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