It's about time...

We're in MAJOR spoiler territory here, so using cuts. This is my explanation of how time really works for FF IX, the first bit of the referees information for the time travel section. Let me know what you think. See previous posts for the itinerary of the Corinthic and some of the other stuff you can do with time travel, then re-interpret it in the light of what follows...

( The awful truth )