Molly hung up the phone and greeted the next customer in line at the reservation desk.

"Welcome to the Pittsburg Time and Travel Agency," Molly said.

"Hello. My name is Frank Douglas. I don’t know how to explain this. In an hour you will sell a ticket to me," Frank said.

"That won't be a problem," Molly said.

"I don't want you to sell me the ticket," Frank said.

"Sir if I don't sell the ticket then you wouldn't show up to tell me to not sell the ticket. The very fact that you're here to stop the purchase is proof that the sale took place," Molly said.

"Then I would like to speak with your supervisor," Frank said.

"That's fine Sir, but under Congressional regulation of

I have come to hate time travel. How do you handle tense when the speaker is talking about the past and it is the future for the listener without confusing the reader? I’m finding this to be a challenging story.

Jimmy

And it's way more than 13 lines so it will be edited before too long

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"What will or has happen?"

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I would have said happened (it reads smoother being attached to the closer "has").

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"She's going to loop herself,"

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"Hello. My name is Frank Douglas. I don’t know how to explain this. In an hour you will sell a ticket to me," Frank said.

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"Sir if I don't sell the ticket then you wouldn't show up to tell me to not sell the ticket. The very fact that you're here to stop the purchase is proof that the sale took place," Molly said.

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"That's fine Sir, but under Congressional regulation of

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