The Lausanne Treaty had many strange articles. January and July had played different roles. At the time when everyone was looking at what was happening in Thrace, at the same time two articles had been agreed that concerned Cyprus. As soon as he thought of it, the disciple heard the words of articles 20 and 21. But what shocked him was the reading voices had a Cypriot accent.
Article 20:
Turkey hereby recognizes the annexation of Cyprus proclaimed by the British Government on the 5th November, 1914.

Article 21:
“Turkish nationals ordinarily resident in Cyprus on the 5th November, 1914, will acquire British nationality subject to the conditions laid down in the local law, and will thereupon lose their Turkish nationality. They will, however, have the right to opt for Turkish nationality within two years from the coming into force of the present Treaty, provided that they leave Cyprus within twelve months after having so opted.
Turkish nationals ordinarily resident in Cyprus on the coming into force of the present Treaty who, at that date, have acquired or are in process of acquiring British nationality in consequence of a request made in accordance with the local law, will also thereupon lose their Turkish nationality.
It is understood that the Government of Cyprus will be entitled to refuse British nationality to inhabitants of the island who, being Turkish nationals, had formerly acquired another nationality without the consent of the Turkish Government.”
The future was enclaved within the past. And this from the beginning, even if the time distance was enormous. The Master was right, there weren’t only the direct sequences where the immediate future was affected by the immediate past. The other sequences provoked branching within the spacetime. And surely it was on a nodal framework.