Now Lilly didn't turn into a ghettoized black woman or even a gay skater dude.
Instead she stepped through a transdimensional portal,one that hurled her 45 years into the past
into a alternate Earth's past.
In this altermate Earth,Professor Stirling had completed his Stirling cycle engine in the
1820's Babbage had successfully invented a working mechanical computer in the 1860's and in the
1890's a eccentric southernor who'd set up shop in the country of Upper Canada
had launched a series of Earth orbiting space capsules was named Fitzhugh Black.
Now Upper Canadian'slike parades,and on this fine day of Dec 30 1967 the Canuks
were celebrating another parade about their glorious accomplishments,as all three folk,Stirling,Babbage and Black,had
come to Upper Canada and set up smoke belching factories there.
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So Lilly was nearly run down by a goggle wearing fellow in a duster who's stirling-steam wagon
had suddenly come chugging and spewing sparks,smoke and steam and hot air from its
smokestack.
Damon Black,great great grandson of Fitzhugh Black,was in a hurry...