loadedparadox

Or, as I'm calling it, THE MEME OF SADNESS AND WIBBLING

1. 9 months - He was in the car with Natalie Tollis when those teenage girls t-boned her car.

2. 8 years - Slipping out of the bar one night when dad was out, Arthur was not snatched out of traffic at the last minute by a six foot tall showgirl who went on to teach him to dance.

3. 17 years - It was Arthur who had the information that was needed and so he, not his father, was gunned down that night.

4. 23 years - A man named Cobb calls saying he's heard of Arthur's work in the field of dreams and has a proposition for him. Arthur doesn't return the call.

5. Three years ago - The call came from Cobb before Arthur ever saw the news. Mal had leapt to her death and Dominic Cobb was wanted for murder. Devastated, Arthur agrees to meet with his friend, bag in hand... and the police waiting in the shadows.

6. Three years ago - Mallorie Cobb is dead. Devastated, Arthur returns to his former life, leaving behind those he loves. At least until three years later when he drags them in to work for him in the Syndicate. *halos*