A man appeared through a brilliant flash of light.

  “Good evening, Daryl.”

  “You’re … you’re me?”

  “Yes, Daryl, but obviously quite older. I don’t have much time. Take these instructions. Follow them. You’ll become excessively wealthy.”

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  “Why …?”

  “Trust me, Daryl. Stop pursuing that doctorate in astronomy, go off-grid, raise a family, buy yourself an island with absolutely no communication with the outside world!”

  “How come?”

  “The future’s imperfect, Daryl. Be happy. Do as I suggest …”

  Daryl with his family lived in total seclusion on a private island, in a self-sustaining paradise, blissfully unaware of the killer asteroid’s arrival.