Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

universe. His universe is the universe as it would be seen bysome one standing in place of Gordon’s Lamp as it existstoday. But he could turn and step away from Ava and leaveher holding that yellowed and wrinkled piece of paper thatshouldn’t exist.“What are we fighting in this war?” he wondered.“So far we think it’s a doomsday device set up in theKuiper Belt, which was why we were changing our course tostop there. You seem to believe the bogie we are tracking isinvolved in it. Thom and Darryl seem to think we are fightingwhatever is causing all the state changes in the condensates inthe dark bodies.”“What if we are fighting God and heaven, as humans usedto know it?”“You might want to get the bishop involved in that,” Avasaid, “I’m the Systems Administrator and software engineer. Ican testify that to the best of my knowledge our systems arefree of God at this time, and we are running a simulation ofwhat we deduced he meant for us based on what’s comedown to us in scripture. Revelation 21 and 22 isn’t it?”“Yes, and plenty of other passages. But what if therereally always was something out here, in the sky, like Godalways was.”“I’m calling Arthur,” she said, “Just to see where he is.”He picked up immediately and Ava explained the situation,“It’s the captain, he might be having a crisis of faith rightnow.”304