The Tragedy of the Universe Manager

"There exists a thread of fate for everyone. Except for people like me who work at the Management Bureau. My job as a Universe Manager is to manage and regularly check that fateful thread until its very end. 'Identity confirmed?' 'Infinite Regressor 72-1-XZKK-01. Yes, that's correct.' A boy with a face too youthful for an infinite regressor, about to embark on his 26th regression. Regressor 72 was clearly just one among the countless infinite regressors passing by. 'I hope I don't see you on the 26th. Though I probably will.' Until our eyes met. Regressor 72, who had noticed my existence—unknowable, something that must never be known, something that could never be perceived no matte...