art-as-memory

In this chapter, the narrator and a group of diverse characters, including a Roman soldier from a past timeline, gather at a Recuperation Station, sharing stories and reflecting on the ongoing Change War and its effects. The chapter explores the nature of Change Winds, the instability of memory and identity in a shifting timeline, and the role of the 'Demons'—special operatives who retain memory despite temporal alterations. The atmosphere is both convivial and melancholic, underscored by art that preserves history and the looming threat of existential change.