2002 got slotted away without so much as a blink. Time fuckery was nothing new.

"It's a role that needs gravitas," he mused, trying to come up with his own suggestion. Idris Elba? Maybe, but he was after her time. "Someone who can sport a well-trimmed beard." He stroked his own clean-shaven face. Hmm.

"Liam Neeson?" Older, maybe, but not fugly. It was a fine line to walk.