Entering my own challenge in the hope of inspiring others. Shows the kind of thing I had in mind when I came up with it.

Welcome to our era, Zerrakhi! How are you enjoying it so far? I like what you’ve done in making your setup also be your payoff, which can only be done in a time travel story. Like a literary Mobius strip

Clever! And extra points from me for making it about Ficly.

Knowledge – ‘cunningly encoded and hidden in apparently innocent fictional prose’. I’ve been saying this for ‘centuries’. Finally someone else notices. – Great story. Well done, sir!