Every morning at 5:30 am, Jake walked on the beach with his dog Sheila.

They enjoyed the glimmering sunrise on the horizon and the ocean’s rejuvenating, misty, crisp, and chilly fresh air.

Jake later set his invention, a temporal device, to continuously repeat the world around them for two hours, starting at 5:30 am till right before the crowds came out.

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He and Sheila remained the same, but the world reset—peacefully, uninterrupted, and ready to continue upon his passing.

Within 24 hours of real-world time:

Friends discovered Jake and Sheila lying on the sand—both inexplicably older and deceased.