it's funny to imagine time as walking; would he wear boots? naturale, perhaps? would he get tired? bored? would he relapse to the classic passtime of beat-step stalking the second hand round the clock face? think! a formless concept in real space...
so then, why would this "distance" matter? i could wave my hand - open a portal up between moments; our newly immortal honeymoon periods served on a platter well - why not? it's a trick; the reverse of our father's relativity to our universe