michael bartow
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(view spoiler)[Lost in Time. Little confused. Old Adeline (Daniele) sends young Adeline back to 2008. Is this an endless loop? Does Sam never get to spend time with Adeline between 19 years old until she reappears as Daniele? Wouldn’t that piss him off? Am I missing something? (hide spoiler)]
A.G. Riddle
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(view spoiler)[Lost in Time operates on a "closed loop" in which Adeline changes her name to Daniele upon arriving in 2008.
You're correct, the nineteen years of her pre-Absolom life overlap almost exactly with her "adult life." She meets her mother when she is pregnant (she arrives a few months before her birth).
Sam does meet Adeline (as Daniele) a few years after she arrives in the past, so in a real sense, he doesn't miss 19 years of her life (he just doesn't know it until later). And by the time he finds out, he is glad to be alive at all (he has been fleeing dinosaurs, large crocodiles, volcanos, Earthquakes, and surviving on a diet of earthworms). :) But certainly, missing some of Adeline's life is a loss (much like the passing of his wife, who he never got to grow old with).
Hope that helps and thanks for reading. (hide spoiler)]
You're correct, the nineteen years of her pre-Absolom life overlap almost exactly with her "adult life." She meets her mother when she is pregnant (she arrives a few months before her birth).
Sam does meet Adeline (as Daniele) a few years after she arrives in the past, so in a real sense, he doesn't miss 19 years of her life (he just doesn't know it until later). And by the time he finds out, he is glad to be alive at all (he has been fleeing dinosaurs, large crocodiles, volcanos, Earthquakes, and surviving on a diet of earthworms). :) But certainly, missing some of Adeline's life is a loss (much like the passing of his wife, who he never got to grow old with).
Hope that helps and thanks for reading. (hide spoiler)]
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