A janitor in a physics lab uses the lab’s time travel cage to go back in time and alter the outcome of abusive moments that made him who he is.
Intelligence was a wind blowing humanity faster and faster. But a man can hide from the wind, he thought. Even change its direction for a moment.

Variants

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  1. “The Paths We Choose” by Paul Siluch, in Out of Time: Five Tales of Time Travel, by Janet Guy et al Unknown publisher, 2013 [e-book].
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Paul Siluch