It's not only about "conception" of time. First, it was clearly stated that for "Ancestors" time is space-like. Space is vast by itself, multiply it by time and the curse of dimensionality makes finding any particular event very hard. It's much easier for a being with vivid memories of events in question, though, just as it would be easier for you than for me to find your home. Second, you are missing time paradox here. It can be the case that this time loop *should* be closed by this guy. Why is it so? Well, we don't know; moreover, the question can have no sense -- it's just so, with no way to find the "first loop".
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Date: 2014-11-17 12:37 am (UTC)