“Excuse me,” said that annoying reader again (but not you dear reader of course) just before I edited him out.
“So why does the TRP look like a menorah then?” queried Trelainne.
“It looks like that’s when the Witch King launches his assault on the seven earths of the seven dimensions.”
“Why do the seven earths need salt?” she misheard.
“Assault,” reprimanded Arthur, “which is what I will do to you if you carry on being bothersome.”
Trelainne looked at Alf for comfort and support. He cuddled her, “I’ll tell him off later when we’re not being written about,” he cooed in her ear.
“Can we stop him?” asked Lee.
“Maybe, but can you see this knot here?” Forditz pointed lower down the timeline, “this is the beginning of a catastrophic time event and we need to deal with that first.”
“So do we rescue Fawh now or deal with the time knot?” asked Arthur.
“If you had used conditioner on the timeline then you wouldn’t get a knot in it,” suggested Arianne.
Arthur pulled a face at Arianne and looked back at Forditz to wait for a reply?”
“It’s now or never.”
“That’s by Elvis isn’t it?”
“I think we’ll rescue Fawh,” said Arthur dismissively, “the IPP can deal with the menorah.”
“Oh good,” grinned Sid, “it’s about time we had a bit of action, this bit was boring me.”
“Can I have a cup of tea in the refectory now?” asked Arthur.
“Well before the Author cut the bit out that didn’t quite work properly you asked Danish if you could go for a cuppa and he said ‘make sure you factor any time spent here into your rescue attempt the day before yesterday,” related Forditz.
“But he didn’t say it,” noted Sid, “if it was cut out.”
“What happens to time when the Author cuts things out?” inquired Arianne.
Forditz looked quite blankly at her.
“What’s the matter?” observed Sid, “hasn’t the Author filled your brain with any techno babble to explain it?”
“Erm,” ermed Forditz as he waited to see if the Author was going to give him some techno babble. “What’s the question again?”
“What happens to time when the Author cuts things out?” she repeated.
“Nothing,” replied the IPP Time Officer, “the time line wobbles a bit then it settles down.”
“Ooh,” derided Sid, “very technical, a wobbly a bit timeline, I’m sure that could win prizes at comic conventions for its techno babblishness.”
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A DaVinci Co-Ed
Science FictionSo this is it, the last book in the Arth Series. Tying up all loose ends like ‘Lost’ did. Well not quite. Arthur King of the Britons (or is he?) and Sid the grumpy little dwarf fight and force their way to the end of the book series. Evil Lord D’ark...
