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a possibility that it will happen.” Andy paused after the speakers finished talking and said, “However, after some thought about it, I doubt it will be a problem.” The six speakers were shocked silent. People in their groups started asking what Andy said and they gathered their wits and told them. Everyone in the cave stared at Andy.
    The Leader of the Romans said something and Joshua listened and said, “Maxus asks why you had us discuss this problem if it’s not a problem?”
    “Because I honestly don’t know if it’s not and we should make our decisions taking into account all the possible outcomes.” The speakers spoke and the Samurai Leader said something. Akira said, “Togawa wants to know why you don’t think it would be a problem.”
    Andy stood up and looked at the people sitting around him and said, “Please translate what I’m saying in the best manner possible. I’ll pause to allow you to keep up.” The six speakers told the gathering what Andy requested. Andy sighed and said, “I’ve struggled with the notion that if we go out into this new world we find ourselves in, we would harm the future from where we came.” Andy waited a moment. “Then a few minutes ago it dawned on me that we were very carefully selected to be brought here.” Andy waited again. “All of us were taken a moment before we were supposed to die…that has to be important and it has to mean something about why we were selected. It caused me to think about what would have happened in my time after I was taken here. I realized that everyone would have thought that I was killed by the shark, even though there wasn’t a body. I would not have any impact on events after that moment. Life would have just continued…without my participation. I want all of you to think about that. Why did they have to take only those that were about to die?”
    Andy sat down and after a moment the speakers stopped talking. Silence filled the room. Linnae said, “Time won’t be affected by our being taken.”
    Andy smiled, “Go on; why do you think that is true?”
    Linnae’s eyebrows lowered and she said, “Because none of us had any further impact after that moment. All of us were assumed dead. That means we could be moved to another time without causing damage to the future. If they took us in the middle of our lives, our actions after taking us wouldn’t have happened and the future would have been affected.”
    Andy nodded, “There had to be a reason why whoever put us here had to select those that died in their normal time stream. I believe that taking those people would not endanger the future. I think that, if one could look at time, it would have shown us being taken by whoever brought us here. If we were taken before we had done things in our lives, the future would have been changed because we wouldn’t have done them. We had to be taken when we were not going to do anything else.”
    Maxus spoke and Joshua nodded. He turned to Andy, “So you think we’ve been put here for a reason?”
    “I do.”
    “Do you know what it is?”
    “I do not. However, I don’t think those that did it are bad or evil.”
    Ayo said, “How can you say that? We were forcibly taken out of the world we knew and brought here against our will.”
    Andy tilted his head and smiled, “Ayo, if they hadn’t taken you, what would you be doing at this moment?” All of the Romans, Samurai and Vikings started laughing. Andy looked at them and turned back to Ayo, “Warriors know that being saved from certain death is a blessing.”
    Ayo stared at Andy and after a moment nodded, “You make a good point. I hadn’t thought of it that way. I would be dead.”
    Joshua felt his shirt tugged and he saw Maxus nod. “Andy, we’ve decided to move forward and try to make a place for ourselves here. All of us have agreed that you should be the one that leads us in this endeavor.”
    “No, I won’t do it.”
    The Speakers translated Andy’s response and Maxus