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99Very successful. The number of fossils found compared to their number is tiny. I come from a time millions of years before your time, just like them.%u201d%u201cWhat ended civilisation then?%u201d she asked.%u201cWar, using weapons too powerful to describe,%u201d he replied. %u201cDo you want to know more?%u201dShe shook her head. %u201cNo. It%u2019s a lot to think about. Let me dwell on it all for a few days. Thank you telling me.%u201dHe was pleased that she asked no more question. It would lead to problems if he tried to explain what his mission was. Their era was about to end. They would become either extinct or nearly extinct. The best minds from his era think it will be through war, just like the era before theirs, and indeed, his own era. Until his kind crossed the barrier, they would not know for sure. According to his people%u2019s best guestimates, this era would end in less than a hundred years. The time machines so far could not pass the 2030 barrier.It was considered by many of his colleagues to aim at a million years after or even many million. Was that not how they discovered how their own era came to an end and the next one?His mission was to get close to the time when this era%u2019s human civilisation collapsed and to help discover the cause.They finished eating and as she washed the dishes, she said, %u201cI must clean your wound and change your dressings.%u201d%u201cYes. Thank you.%u201d he said.%u201cWhat happens now your machine is destroyed?%u201d she asked as she sat in a chair in front of him with a first aid box and a bowl of warm water.He shrugged. %u201cIt%u2019s never happened before. Protocol is that they attempt to rescue me. But they may not wish risking another rare and The Time Traveller