Travis insists that interrupting any of the natural processes in the past could have irreparable repercussions for the future. When Eckels inquires about this particular rule, he is astounded by the gravity of Travis' response. They are not to touch anything during their stay in the past, and they are only to shoot when the guide and his assistant instruct them to shoot. It floats six inches about the earth and is the only path that the hunters should travel upon. Before they exit the time machine, Travis points out the path laid by Time Safari.
This makes Africa seem like Illinois" (3). He remarks, "Good God, every hunter that ever lived would envy us today. When they travel sixty million two thousand and fifty-five years back in time, Eckels is incredibly excited about the idea of conquering the beast Tyrannosaurus. Everyone is happy because President Keith has just been elected, and many considered time travel as a way to escape the present day had Deutscher, the other candidate and potential dictator, won. Before they leave, Eckels reviews this information with the man behind the desk and they both engage in small talk. Eckels and the two other hunters, Billings and Kramer, are to obey their guide, Travis, at all times. The company guarantees nothing - neither your safety nor your return, and there are strict instructions and expectations for how the hunters should behave once they travel back in time. In Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder," a hunter named Eckels pays $10,000 to travel with Time Safari, a time machine company that takes hunters back to the time of dinosaurs and allows them to hunt Tyrannosaurus Rex.
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