In the end, it turned out that they were right, but it was a long time before I found that out and I wasn’t too worried about the future, because I had just discovered a new game. The chance of hitting the same second and finding her was infinitesimal, and, as I expected, my search, for there were many, was fruitless. Just as precisely they calculated the location, so that whatever arrived from the sky fell within a few meters of me. Sometimes I barely managed to stay in the time I wanted for a few seconds, because like a bungee jumping rope stretched really tight, time was pulling me back to where I belonged. The chance of hitting the same second and finding her was infinitesimal, and, as I expected, my search, for there were many, was fruitless. “Well done, young man!” he said and held out his hand to congratulate me. It was of little interest to me, to be honest, because I had become a champion in one of the most popular sports, with
