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New York minutes

Ricky asks JJ, "Is it like New York minute?" and JJ answers "Yes! Exactly" UC2 E6·01:25:06 UC2 E6·01:25:09. JJ says there are minutes of time that exist in fractal quantum entanglement with themselves, and that isolating a 60-second span in New York consolidates it to a particle faster than the speed of light UC2 E6·01:25:09. He says, "There is nothing faster than" a New York minute UC2 E6·01:25:09.

JJ defines them in UC2_06: 60-second spans of New York time that become a particle faster than the speed of light UC2 E6·01:25:09. In Nod, JJ says raw Umbra carries these particles, which Ricky called a New York minute UC2 E10·00:17:59. Ricky says they feel like potential that wants to be stories UC2 E10·00:34:46. Brennan says a prototype machine at the Gladiator campus flattens and destroys them to compress time UC2 E14·00:55:08. JJ says New York Minutes are connected to the stories of the past UC2 E14·01:23:27. The Gotham Timepiece lets its wearer manipulate New York Minutes, including taking more actions in exchange for exhaustion UC2 E14·01:27:45. In UC2_16 Brennan says New York minutes are everywhere with the tide of Umbra coming in, and many are hitting Kingston's egg UC2 E16·01:31:57.

By episode

UC2 E6: Collaborators

  • New York minutes — JJ: 60-second spans of New York time in "fractal quantum entanglement with themselves", a particle faster than light; Ricky names them — 01:25:06, 01:25:09.
  • "There are these minutes floating around in space-time here that are literally faster than the speed of light. There is nothing faster than <…> a New York minute." — 01:25:09 (JJ)

UC2 E10: Nulla Dies Umquam Memori Vos Eximet Aevo

  • New York minutes — raw Umbra in Nod carries the particles "as Ricky said, a New York minute" — 00:17:59; Ricky: "they are, like, potential. They want to be stories." — 00:34:46.

UC2 E11: Let's Get Tiny

  • New York minute — wormhole sparks; Pete's Arcana: "an incredibly positive" raw element "connected to time itself" — 00:04:50.
  • Wormhole New York minutes — 00:04:10.

UC2 E16: Treachery At Gramercy

  • New York minutes — "New York minutes are everywhere in here with the tide of Umbra coming in" — 01:31:57.