Institute traveler, Sharon Kent, wants to keep a man who existed in the past alive. She likes him, and they had set a date for dinner before he was killed.
But in timeline after timeline, she keeps going back to find out what happened to him. Finally, she discovers he died in a mine cave-in in every timeline. And thus always stood her up for their date.
But this time, with the help of Duster Kendal, she hopes to rescue him.