The Unlikely Buddha

Here’s a plain-English explanation of the story and its underlying concepts, tailored to someone who may not be familiar with theoretical physics or quantum mechanics:   What’s Happening in the Story? The story is set on a mysterious planet called Niflheim, where Robert, the protagonist, is stuck navigating alternate versions of himself—called "echoes."  These echoes are essentially different versions of Robert that exist because of choices he made (or didn’t make) in various timelines.  Imagine if every decision you’ve ever made created a parallel universe where you made a different choice—those universes exist simultaneously, and Robert can interact with them. The driving force of the story is an entity called **The Observer**, which wants to collapse all these alternate timelines into one singular version of reality.  The Observer sees fractured existence—multiple versions of Robert—as chaotic and wrong. It believes time should flow like a single river...