Ek raat, jab badal ghanere the aur bijli giri, Dr. Kalrat ne waqt ka ek chhota tukda chura liya — ek "second shard" — jisse wo puri duniya mein time skips create kar sakta tha. Arun ne apni puri taqat lagakar shard ka peecha kiya. Daudti hui, shehar ke parchaiyon ko cheerte hue, usne dekha ki har second ka bojh kitna bhaari hota hai: ek kisse ka aansu, ek pariwar ka intezar, ek chhoti si muskurahat — sab waqt mein bandhe hue the.