Breaking Through Time

Chapter 5 Under Woman's Rule

I will not go into the science behind making water, it is complicated and honestly just pure boring, so I will skip that step and tell you that is what we did. We made some water. Unfortunately, it was very little water, which meant we were only able to travel a small distance, and not able to both get back home. So Michael decided to go to the next best place. We travelled to Ancient Asia.

Michael says that it is one of the most enlightened places, yet still peaceful enough for us to be able to find a source of water without getting into any trouble.

I went through this white abyss feeling again and on the other side I found myself blinded by the light. It was the middle of the day and we were in a rice field somewhere in Asia.

"When in Asia are we? "

"It is still 80 million BC, we just travelled about 300 years into the future and changed our location on earth," he says leading the way through the field. It is hot and I am getting hungry as I haven't eaten anything since breakfast, which was quite a while ago but trying to figure out how long ago starts giving me a headache.

"Michael, I know that we are in the middle of nowhere and we should be home as soon as we find some water, but I haven't eaten anything since breakfast and... I honestly don't know how long ago that was, but I feel it must have been a while..." 

he looks at me with a look on his face as if to say - get to your point woman! So I continue hesitantly. 

"I am hungry" 

There is a long silence as I wait to see what he is going to say. He finally stops and looks at me, he seems quite confused and asks 

"What is hungry?" 

I look at him shocked and then I start laughing, surely he must be joking! He looks at me all surprised and puts a confused smile on his face to accompany my laugh, but I can see he has no idea what is going on. So I stop and ask him 

"Are you serious?"

He still looks at me with the smile on his face, I guess waiting for me to explain. 

"Food? Something to eat, to fill our belly up so we can live and carry on? You did give me a drink when we were at the beach, food is the solid part that goes into our bodies like a drink?" 

He thinks about it and then says with a realisation on his face. "

Ah, I understand, sorry I thought your century has already passed that stage. Not to worry, we should reach the city soon, you can get some food there." he turns around without waiting for me to respond and carries on walking through the field. I am just starting to process. What did he just say? 

"Michael, you don't eat?" I ask puzzled.

"Not really" I hear.

"So how do you live?" he stays silent for a moment, thinking how to explain it to me and says 

"soon people will find a different, healthier and more sustainable way to fill their bodies with nourishment, it also helps prevent sickness and many diseases. It has a big impact on sustainability and feeding the world." 

I take a moment to think about what he just said. Wow.

We finally reach the end of the rice field and stand at the edge of a cliff. I can see a city in the valley. Massive buildings, very tall spreading out around a river.

" We can get some food there," Michael said " let's go, it's not too far now"

I follow Michael down the path leading to the city. As we get closer I can't believe my eyes!