Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

Ava wondered why there was still a Vatican if theythought they were in Heaven? She guessed it was because ofthe ‘just like real life but perfect’ mantra and the fact that theheaven of a devout Catholic would not be perfect without aVatican. She wondered, “Why would the Vatican send thatletter? Kelvin’s mother was a Baptist.”“They didn’t consult with me,” Yellelle said, “Maybe withMaroclo, but probably only with the Archbishop of Corinth.They consider Baptists to be fellow Christians, they think weare pagans.”“You seem to be working toward the same ends.”“I think they wanted to punish your captain while wewant to save you.”“Save us how?”“By letting you all come here, as you have done. Yourwhole crew can teleport here and stop worrying about the warbetween the substrates.”“Here?” Ava said, “without even the benefit of a medpanel, much less a scene designer and personificationdesigner. No cherubs. And toilets, no matter how advanced,are not something we think an Angel has to put up with.There won’t be a line of volunteers for that.”“If the alternative is extermination?” Yellelle asked.“The thought occurs to me that this creature cannotsurvive any energy inputs. A self replicating device thatsimply makes these iceballs go thermonuclear might slowthings down a little.”516