[Fun until somebody gets mind-controlled and you find your ethical threshold... after you already crossed it.]
Given that such an attitude usually informs a wider view of things, definitely. [It's not easy to admit, but at least his was always fairly contained... And he grew away from it.] And yes... though getting away with performing ethically questionable science doesn't mean you still haven't done it.
[A frown on his faceplates, Jetfire leans back against the workbench he's resting against, ignoring the small amount of glowing bugs settling on his rounded shoulders and on top of his helm.]
Indeed. Guesswork, but there's a few main possibilities; either time does not match up, and it could go by both very fast, or very slow. Slowly enough we might in the end return with not much time passed for us. The worst case scenario would be one where time in our own realities pass extremely quickly compared to this one.
[A brief wave around them to exemplify, before he folds his arms instead of leaning them against the surface of the workbench behind him.]
Another would be time passing as it does here, which is more or less as bad as the fast-time scenario. The most desirable variations would be time either not moving at all, a relative "freeze" if not all individuals belonging there aren't where they should be... Or, er... splinter timelines being created.
[The frown deepends and Jetfire's optics darkens.]
Which means that there'd be one reality where we would be gone, but we would doubtfully ever realise that, returning instead to one that would match up with what we remember, and how things should be; us returning to the moment we left.
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Given that such an attitude usually informs a wider view of things, definitely. [It's not easy to admit, but at least his was always fairly contained... And he grew away from it.] And yes... though getting away with performing ethically questionable science doesn't mean you still haven't done it.
[A frown on his faceplates, Jetfire leans back against the workbench he's resting against, ignoring the small amount of glowing bugs settling on his rounded shoulders and on top of his helm.]
Indeed. Guesswork, but there's a few main possibilities; either time does not match up, and it could go by both very fast, or very slow. Slowly enough we might in the end return with not much time passed for us. The worst case scenario would be one where time in our own realities pass extremely quickly compared to this one.
[A brief wave around them to exemplify, before he folds his arms instead of leaning them against the surface of the workbench behind him.]
Another would be time passing as it does here, which is more or less as bad as the fast-time scenario. The most desirable variations would be time either not moving at all, a relative "freeze" if not all individuals belonging there aren't where they should be... Or, er... splinter timelines being created.
[The frown deepends and Jetfire's optics darkens.]
Which means that there'd be one reality where we would be gone, but we would doubtfully ever realise that, returning instead to one that would match up with what we remember, and how things should be; us returning to the moment we left.