ðə stˈoːɹi pɹˈɛzənts ɐ fjˈuːtʃɚ wˈɜːld wˌɛɹ tˈaɪm ɪtsˈɛlf kæn biː kˈɑːnsəntɹˌeɪɾᵻd ˌɪntʊ ɐ sˈʌbstəns wˌɪtʃ ɪz ɪnhˈeɪld ænd jˈuːzd æz ɐ dɹˈʌɡ, kˈɔːzɪŋ ðə jˈuːzɚ tə tˌɛmpɚɹˈɛɹᵻli ɹᵻɡɹˈɛs tʊ ɐn ˈɜːlɪɚ tˈaɪm pˈiəɹɪəd.
The story presents a future world where time itself can be concentrated into a substance which is inhaled and used as a drug, causing the user to temporarily regress to an earlier time period.