Hmm, bit of a twist, since so far (at least in my mind) he’s been leaping into his past self, not physically going into the past. So, he can’t really intercept his past self, cause he has effectively done so.
It can still work, and maybe this fails, and our hero learns this facet to his type of time travel. I’ll think and let it sit.
As far as the writing, I loved the tone, a sort of frustrated, grudging attitude exemplified with referring to this time from his own life as a parody. I also liked the extra little details, like the guy on the bongos.
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