When Lockridge asks Storm whether the Wardens and Rangers know their own future, she replies:
"'No. When the activator is turned on to make a new corridor, it drives a shaft equally far in both directions. We ventured ahead of our era. There were guardians who turned us back, with weapons we did not understand. It was too terrible.'" (pp. 33-34)
She also relates that the Wardens drove a new passage from the twentieth century into the Ranger heartland:
"'But the moment the corridor was finished, Brann came down it with an overwhelming force. I do not know how he got word. Only I escaped.'" (p. 36)
Two groups, the corridor guardians and Rangers led by Brann, had advance warning that a time corridor extended into their era. As soon as they had access to a portal into the corridor, they entered that corridor and moved down it to repel those attempting to advance up the corridor from its activation point. The rival groups did not simply travel along the corridor without encountering each other which is what usually does happen to time travellers throughout this novel...
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