"I'm an Historian. I was chosen as an infant and neurologically changed in very specific ways to make me a living, breathing encyclopedia. I have the majority of human history memorised, with a specialised focus on North America and my time and location, names, dates, deaths, numbers, events, places, all of it. Anything my team need to know, I have to know to tell them. I never had a name growing up, I was raised in the Traveler program.

"So, my job is to assist my team. But the team is a generalist unit, enacting specific actions as directed to to cause changes to the timeline, culminating in the deflection of the meteor Helios-685. We didn't expect to survive that mission, but we were saved by a technician who let us get to safe range." The others had farewelled loved ones as they walked out, expecting to die. Philip had just locked the garage and got in the van without a backward glance.