Time and Parallel Worlds

The concept of time is explored not as a linear path but as a dimension with parallel 'conditional' worlds, as in van Manderpootz's subjunctivisor, allowing characters to contemplate alternate histories and the nature of choice and consequence.

Central theme: van Manderpootz's subjunctivisor reveals 'conditional worlds'—parallel realities representing what might have been, neither past nor future but contemporary and extemporal.