Elara, a young inventor, had spent years perfecting her time-travel device. She believed it could only go forward, never back. Her first test was a small, unmanned drone, programmed to jump five minutes into the future. The drone vanished with a soft hum. Five minutes later, it reappeared, but something was wrong. Its metallic surface was scratched and dented, and a strange, ancient-looking symbol was etched onto its side. Elara stared at the symbol, her heart pounding, realizing that her understanding of time itself might be fundamentally flawed. She cautiously approached the drone, wondering... Which ending best maintains the suspense and suggests a deeper, unexpected twist in the story?
A) ...if she had remembered to turn off the oven before leaving the lab.