"At his retirement party, the largest insurance company in Amerika gave my grandfather a beautiful German watch as a gift to commemorate his many years of service. When he died, he left the watch for me.

"As I move through this arcade, I am temporarily dysfunctional, not even sure what Century it is. No watch could cure the disease living-time has become for me. At night, I am able to continue writing this story into the future where my figure takes shape in a spiral staircase descending into what becomes an underground cavern."