[ But timelines shouldn't be rewritten, even if they couldn't. Hasn't John played Persona 3: The Answer? Actions have consequences, and people take responsibility for those consequences. To rewrite such a thing seems like an insult to the importance of choice and linear time. ]

I'm not sure I understand quite fully. If something's already happened, [ he speaks slowly, as if trying to form the thoughts as he speaks them, ] and that is the reality for the people in that time and place, doesn't it stand that it is an inevitable future? To alter "everything" would be to erase their very existence. Is that something you would be alright with, John?