Author's note: This universe doesn't belong to me, I'm
only playing in it. I promise, I will put all my toys away
when I finish. The Big O is copyright by Sunrise and
Bandai. My thanks to them and all of the writers and
artists involved who brought this show to life. I am
especially grateful to Toshihiko Sahashi for the
incredible music, which has played on my various players
almost nonstop since the soundtracks arrived.

Thanks to Tvperez, Lady Tesser, Falcon7 and Pygmalion for
the Beta. Any mistakes are solely my own.

One of the wonderful things about the Big O is that it is
so open-ended that there's plenty of room for alternate
realities and speculation. I already wrote one piece that
explained why history kept being reset in Paradigm, and
this is another possibility.

I rather innocently sat down to write it, thinking that
it would be quite short and only take a few hours.
Suddenly, it was suppertime and I had a lot more than I
expected. As Lady Tesser says, though, when the Muse
speaks, you go with it.