Welcome, listener. My name is Kai, and I have another story for you. The same thread,

a different pattern. This is Morning Glory by Charles U, with special performances by

Song Wan Chou and Deborah Ann Wall, made in partnership with X-Prize. I wonder, does

time separate you from those you love? Does distance? Do doorways?

At 4.58am on June 28, 2020, the passengers onboard A&A Flight 008,

on route from Tokyo to San Francisco, are cruising at an altitude of 37,000 feet,

approximately 1500 nautical miles off the west coast of the United States. A small bump,

otherwise noted as a barely perceptible bout of turbulence, passes Flight 008 through a temporary

wrinkle in the local region of spacetime. What these passengers will soon find out, as they

descend into SFO, is that the wrinkle has transported them 20 years into the future,

and the year is now 2040. This is the story of the passenger in seat 42A.

Kenji, age 30, stands at the door of a high rise apartment building. He's holding a bouquet

of freshly cut flowers. Asagau, or morning glory. He's waited 20 years for this moment.

How may I help you, Kenji Nakamura? What? You are Kenji Nakamura, age 30, or a small suburb outside

Kyoto. Two dozen flowers in your right hand. Asagau, I believe.

You're kind of freaking me out. I'm sorry. That was not my intention. Is the biographical

information I have for you, correct? Yes. You were a passenger on A&A Flight 008, nonstop service

from Nareta to SFO, departing the 28th of June 2020, arriving on the same date in the year 2040.

I'm not sure I'd call it nonstop service. Ha ha ha. You are truly a humorous person,

Kenji Nakamura. Okay. Listen, I'm looking for someone named Sarah Lang. How did you...

Are you her husband? Ha ha ha ha ha. You really are a person of humor. No, I do not know,

Sarah Lang. Anyway, it's been nice talking to you. Have a good evening. And welcome to the future.

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