The message contained enigmatic directives that appeared to emanate from a future iteration of herself. It cautioned against tampering with time and implored Lina to relinquish her yearning to manipulate the anomaly. This disclosure left Lina torn between her aspirations to safeguard the galaxy and the message's admonishing sagacity.
With the counter-energy primed, Lina and her crew instigated the stabilization procedure. As the anomaly's expansion decelerated, they beheld the timeline encompassing them progressively aligning with the natural ebb and flow of time. Objects resumed their forward motion, and the repercussions of reverse-time commenced to dissipate. Dr. Sharma's visage reverted to synchronize with his true age, and memories began to solidify.
However, as the anomaly receded, Lina confronted an arduous decision. The encoded message had implanted a seed of uncertainty in her psyche about the ethical ramifications of her actions. She apprehended that endeavoring to govern time, even with virtuous intentions, could yield unforeseen consequences. With a leaden heart, she commanded the crew to cease the stabilization process, permitting the anomaly to diminish organically.
As the anomaly vanished, Lina received one final communication from Dr. Sharma, recorded instants before the anomaly's inception. In it, he confessed his hubris and the foolishness of his deeds. He expressed his hope that humanity would glean wisdom from his blunders and cherish the magnificence of the universe's inherent order.
Lina and her crew departed the planet, indelibly transformed by their encounter. They returned to their vessel, the Aryabhata, armed with a newfound comprehension of time's precarious equilibrium and the sagacity to relinquish their desire for dominion over it. They carried forth the memories of the reverse-time anomaly as a constant reminder that even in the pursuit of knowledge, certain boundaries should never be transgressed.
And so, the crew of the Aryabhata embarked once more into the cosmos, their hearts brimming with awe and reverence for the enigmas of the universe. As they gazed upon the stars, they found solace in the knowledge that some riddles were destined to remain unsolved, and that the splendor of discovery lay not in the answers, but in the voyage itself.
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