Learning to Love Time Loops Without Going Insane

Melissa knew they had been up to something. She had noticed them sneak off alone for secretive meetings several times now. It appeared they also knew about the time loops and magic. She didn’t think they were with the Agency. Even though she had been avoiding them the last two times, she didn’t remember anyone like these people from her first experience. Maybe they were tied to the old woman and her talking dog.

In fact, she had seen pictures of Cal’s dog. It did look remarkably like what she remembered. It looked like her spur-of-the-moment decision to work for a technology company she had never heard of had paid off.

She decided against following them on their suicide mission. She needed to spend the night plotting out her next loop and how she wanted to spend it. What she really needed as well was time to practice her newfound magical abilities. So far, she had been able to purify some water, and once, while pushing as hard as she could, she was able to heal a small cut on her arm. She had nearly popped a blood vessel in her head, pushing the energy to do that, and hadn’t done a repeat test yet. Her headache had lasted for days.

She wondered if she should tell anyone else what was going on.

No. A secret was only a secret when unshared.