Thomas was a philosophical type, and he had always been concerned with end of life issues. When he had finally saved up enough money for his time machine, he made a few test flights to make sure he knew how it handled. Then Thomas traveled to the point of his death. Future Thomas didn’t know it was his point of death, but Present Thomas did.

Future Thomas lay in the hospital bed. His quality of life had been severely impaired. The fact of the matter was Future Thomas could no longer move or even speak. To the observer, Future Thomas had no discernible interaction with the world around him. Before getting his time machine, Present Thomas had thought about it long and hard. He took out a euthanasia patch and placed it on Future Thomas’ arm.

It was at this point that Present Thomas was discovered by the police. He was arrested for murder. In jail he thought about it more. Was everything set in stone then?

Eventually, of course, Present Thomas escaped. He went back in time to try and prevent his arrest, or maybe his death. In his old age Present Thomas couldn’t operated a time machine like he used to, and he got in a pretty bad accident. Present Thomas found himself laying in bed with outrageous waking dreams, but was always dreading the moment when darkness would come and Past Thomas claimed him.