A traumatized time traveler keeps traveling back to his past to punish his younger self. Over multiple loops, he learns to forgive himself.

Copyright khōréō magazine 2025. Story by Samir Sirk Morató, edited by Danai Christopoulou. Audio edition read by Valentín Ángel Fernández, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta.

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Music: This Too Shall Pass by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported CC BY 3.0