Read the following passage from “the threads of time” by c. j. cherryh and answer the question that follows. “it was possible that the gates were killing the qhal. they were everywhere, on every world, had been a fact of life for five thousand years, and linked the whole net of qhalur civilization into one present-tense coherency.” what details in the opening paragraph of this story let the reader know that this will be a futuristic, sci-fi story? a. the words possible and linked b. the words qhal, every world, and qhalur c. the words civilization and coherency d. the words killing, everywhere, and whole