The inventor prided herself on her genius. She even invented time travel, although she would have to admit that she stumbled across it when her teleportation pad malfunctioned.
She was certain that her inventions would make the world a better place. Eventually, her curiosity overwhelmed her and she travelled to the far future to see just how much of a mark she would leave on the world.
When she returned, she shut herself in her workshop, dismantled her inventions, and burned her notebooks. She never told a soul what she had found, hoping that future would never come to pass.

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