Boniface Analysis

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Aboard the Jet Stream II Dr. Lawton studies a collection of charts while Boniface is checking data in the history books. Laura is sleeping on the sofa. In addition, Fletcher carefully dusts the switches of the sensitive equipment.
“Suppose he has been mistakenly propelled into the future?” Lawton suggests as he searches for different scenarios that might enhance their greatness. “Perhaps we could prevent a nuclear war or find the cure for cancer; conceivably we may resolve the issue that extraterrestrial life has visited our planet for millions of years.”
Boniface ignores the hypothetical statement of his overzealous friend and reads the history book. “Say, Professor,” Lawton queries.
“What is your question Doctor?” Boniface so politely
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Not interested in the possibilities Boniface has come across something more fascinating and immediately expresses his discovery.
“There are twenty-four hours in a day, three hundred sixty-five and a quarter days in a year, sixty minutes in an hour, and sixty seconds in a minute... depending on the time warp itself and the propelling level of the magnetic poles it’s possible we may be able to control within a few minutes exactly where we can dispatch Fredrick.”
Interested in what his associate has to say Lawton wheels himself to the time chamber. “Inside that chamber is the ultimate breakthrough. A stationary doorway that allows us to travel in time, but is it also possible that we may be able to control the exact point in time in which we can access? Consequently sending him exactly where we wish.”
“I’m not sure,” Boniface hypothetically explains to Lawton.
“But if we bring him back successfully. We may have gathered enough information to make it possible to manage his very destiny.” Eavesdropping on the scientists, Fletcher gently dusts the equipment, even though their terminology would leave him pondering over their

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