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Subject: Re: TLT: Spoiler thread -- HERE BE SPOILERS!!!
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:31:41 -0700
From: "jmsatb5@aol.com" 
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated

On Aug 2, 7:23 pm, "Lance Corporal \"Hammer\" Schultz"
 wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:49:38 GMT, Amy Guskin wrote:
> > We've never been told that they _can_ see the future, and in fact, all of
> > their "magic" is quite specifically revealed to be technologically driven.  
> > And I'm sure that we've never been shown a future-predicting technology as
> > part of the B5 universe.
>
> Just future-predicting dreamstates?
>
> Who knows.  Unless JMS chimes in to explain it for us, it's just
> another mystery.  According to the dialog, though, Sheridan seemed
> pretty convinced that Galen had the ability to show him a future
> event.
>

Two quick things, since I'm still on deadline lockdown....

1) Let us remember that time travel is also a form of technology
(which is all I'll say about this for now).

2) Galen would likely have been content with either solution, as
noted, as long as one or the other was implemented.  But this one is
better.

jms