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The Final Now, a new short story by Gregory Benford about (literally) End Times.
Quotation in rot13 for the spoiler-averse's sake. It's an interesting passage and, as FAWS, I also think it's not that revealing, so it's probably safe to read it in advance.
("Bar" vf n cbfg-uhzna fgnaq-va sbe uhznavgl juvpu nqqerffrf n qrzvhetr ragvgl, qrfvtangrq nf "Ur" naq "Fur".)
"Bar synerq jvgu ntvgngrq raretvrf. “Vs lbh unq qrfvtarq gur havirefr gb er-pbyyncfr, gurer pbhyq unir orra vasvavgr fvzhyngrq nsgreyvsr. Gur nfxrj pbzcerffvba pbhyq shry gur raretl sbe fhpu pbzchgngvba—nyy fdhrrmrq jvguva gung svany ren!”
“Gung jnf n yrff vagrerfgvat pubvpr,” Fur fnvq. “Jr pubfr guvf havirefr sbe vgf tenaq inevrgl. Infgre ol sne fvapr vg unf ynfgrq fb ybat.”
“Inevrgl jnf bhe tbny—gb znxr gur zbfg fgvzhyngvat fcnpr-gvzr jr pbhyq,” Ur fnvq, “Lbh, fznyy Bar, frrz gb uneobe gjva qrfverf—checbfr naq abirygl—naq fb cebterff.”
Bar fnvq, “Bs pbhefr!” Gura, fulyl, “. . . naq ynfgvat sbe rgreavgl.”
Fur fnvq, “Gubfr pbagenqvpg.”"
I personally don't really care about spoilers, and having read the story now the passage you quote doesn't seem all that terribly spoilerish to me anyway, but you should note that spoiler protection has been enforced for "spoilers" considerably less spoilerish than that around here.
I completely forget about spoilers! I used this particular quotation because I innocently thought it would be a "hook" to motivate people to read the story.
Should I rot13 the quotation for reasons of precaution?
It was for me, but as I said I don't care about spoilers.
Possibly. I can't always predict how people who care about spoilers act, sometimes it seems to be mainly about the principle.
Indeed. Just look at Eliezer threatening to ban me for mentioning a ~5 year old plot twist in an anime.