
"The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" Part 2 by Ted Chiang
LeVar Burton Reads
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The Coincident of the Gate of Years
Ranya returned to the Gate of Years, stepped through to her own day and at her house found the necklace in her jewelry box. Then she used the Gate of years again, but instead of entering it from the left side, she entered it from the right so that she visited the Cairo of 20 years later. She sought out her older self now an aged woman. The two women then rehearsed how they would assist the young Hassan. They all watched as Hassan presented the necklace to the jeweler. As the jeweler examined it, Ranya walked up and said, what a coincidence.
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