“Wally learns the hard way that good intentions don't off set the consequence of time travel... Wally's actions have already set off a chain of events that can't be stopped.” Fanfiction.net
In a panic, Elias realized the "fire" the man spoke of was the very act of building the machine. He grabbed the notebook and stepped through the shimmering portal. Causal Nexus
"The world ends in fire," he whispered to his younger self. "Unless you build the Machine." Perspectives on Causal Nexus “Wally learns the hard way that good intentions
For years, Elias had been haunted by a memory: a silver-haired man giving him this very notebook when he was just a boy. "The world ends in fire," the man had whispered. "Unless you build the Machine." Causal Nexus