“And why do you want to be back with your family and friends?” the old man asks.

“Because I will miss them and could hardly bear not to see them again. And my family and friends would be sad not to see me.”

“You think of others, and you think of yourself too,” he replies. “That is a good reason to be in your own time. Take the next tunnel to your right, and you will find your way there. You have chosen to have only one time, have you not?”

“That is true,” you reply.

“Then make the most of it,” he says, with one hand outstretched to wish you well.