"You are all consistently inconsistent," Rosen chuckles to himself half-heartedly, sounding more than a bit tired.

"I can't remember the exact words but an author back in my world wrote that when someone says things like "it shouldn't be this way" its as if they have some vision or knowledge of another plane of existence. Another parallel "right" universe. One where what they think "should" have happened happened and the fact that it didn't in their current timeline is evidence that time has somehow been "put out of joint". " Lee's fingers fumble with the buttons of his cardigan as he tries to remember. " 'put out of joint' were definitely the words he used. I remember that part clearly for some reason."

It was Rushdie, if he remembers correctly. Some book Gary's mother had lent to him that he had nosed through on the subway. After a moment Lee makes a distracted gesture with his hand. "Never mind. Its not important."

He's wandered away from the point.

"Sans. Is it always Frisk?" Rosen nods towards Sans' notebook, the drawings of circles and lines. "Is the child that falls always Frisk? Or has that ever changed?"

If the timeline changes do the people involve change?