Undo

𝙿𝚁𝙾𝙿𝙷𝙴𝙲𝚈

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~ PRESENT TIME: INDEFINITE

"So that's how I pretty much ended up here." Joe said.

"I know." The old Joe said.

"WHAT?? You knew?? All these time talking to you and you knew??" Joe looked pissed after he narrated his life to the Old Joe he met when he entered the unknown space.

"Yeah. You wouldn't stop talking. Besides, I've been alone in here for eons. It feels good hearing someone talking, ya know?" The old Joe said.

"Ugh. How? How did you know? And-and what is this place?? I need to get to the past. I need to fix everything! And how the hell are you--- me??" Joe said.

"Relax. I have all the answers to your questions. So here it goes... "

"How did I know? I am the current guardian of the 4th dimension. In every eon, a version of us, replaces the guardian here. It's some kind of a duty for us. Guardians have the power to simultaneously know everything that's happening in dimensions lower than the 4th. I can oversee all lifeforms and events happening there. It's like watching billions and billions of movies all at the same time and not even breaking a sweat remembering what a random Ronald did last summer. Every decision a person makes no matter how small it is creates a whole new timeline. Whether you turn off your alarm in the morning or you wake up, whether the infant you decide to play with a ball or a doll, whether you decide to go to college or prefer to work early. Whether you want to eat an egg sandwich or bacon for breakfast. All those create new timelines. New realities. And it is the same for every species living in all of the universes inside the 3rd dimension. In return of that massive power, a guardian loses his memory of his past life and acquires the knowledge of the previous guardians. Only a version of us can become a guardian." The old Joe explained.

Joe was puzzled yet he remained calm as he continued to listen.

"This is how Dimensions work. Think of it this way, there's a person watching a television. The show is a two-dimensional cartoon drawing a line on a piece of paper. The person watching the TV is a part of the third dimension which has length, width, and volume. Then the cartoon character is a part of the second dimension which has--"

"Length and width, and the line it's drawing is part of the 1st dimension which only has length. Right?" Joe said as he interrupted.

"Right. As expected, very good. Anyway, I, being the fourth dimension guardian can see it all in a third-person perspective. And for your second question, this is the fourth dimension. In this realm, time is irrelevant. I don't get old, weak, get hungry, or get sick. We live almost an eternal life until we get replaced in an instant. We have complete control over the 3rd dimension. Just like how the person watching the TV can turn it off or change the channels, like how the cartoon character could decide whether or not to draw a straight or a curve line. But there's a BUT, as a guardian, I need to be careful in tampering the timelines. Guardians like me could only see the past to the present. We cannot see the future. We can only exist physically in the mortal world for only a few minutes and that's all because we aren't supposed to be there in the first place and a change like that may cause a collapse of a timeline---"

"So, let me get this straight. Are you God? Like a version of us gets to be God??" Joe interrupted.

"Me? GOD? HAHAHA. The Creator is on the fifth and final dimension. He knows all things. So no, I'm not God. lemme finish." The old Joe laughed.

"And for your final question, how am I you. Are you familiar with Adam and Eve?" The old Joe asked.

"Of course. The story about God creating Adam, the first human he created. He created him in his likeness. Then Adam asked for a partner and that's when God created Eve." Joe replied.