"Back to the year 2000, you say," said Herkimer. "Why not to 1999 or 1950?"
"We had to set an arbitrary date somewhere," the investigator told him.
"The Sutton family lived in that locality," said Eva. "I suppose you investigated them just a bit more closely."
"We had men working on the Sutton farm off and on," said the investigator. "As often as the family was in need of any help on the farm one of our men showed up to get himself the job. When the family needed no help, we had men on other farms near by. One of our men bought a tract of timber in that locality and spent ten years at woodcutting…he could have stretched it out much longer but we were afraid someone would get suspicious.
"We did this from the year 2000 up to 3150, when the last of the family moved from the area."
Eva looked at Herkimer. "The family has been checked all the way?" she asked.
Herkimer nodded. "Right to the day that Asher left for Cygni. There's nothing that would help us."
Eva said, "It seems so hopeless. He is somewhere. Something happened to him. The future, perhaps."
"That's what I am thinking," Herkimer told her. "The Revisionists may have intercepted him. They may be holding him."
"They couldn't hold him…not Asher Sutton," Eva said. "They couldn't hold him if he knew all his powers."