They gathered for their weekly meeting of time travelers to discuss temporal-archeological findings, one causing trouble.


    “They’re reporting orb sightings everywhere. You’ve broken our most sacred rule against Discovery.”


    “I know, I know, I’m sorry …”This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.


    “An apology isn’t good enough.”


    “What am I supposed to do, travel back and meet myself? That’s just as much a violation as Discovery.”


    “Right, right, we cannot have paradoxes. Why do you keep going back there?”


    “I lost it!”


    “Lost what?”


    “My wedding ring."


    “That’s worth risking WW3, social unrest, or people believing in aliens?”


    “For the sake of my marriage. Absolutely, yes!”