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— Epilog —

Fredrick and his friend sat on the beach at the Western shore of Oahu, where the road ended and turned to dirt before going off into the ocean due to the rock protrusions.

A familiar form beyond them sat in the sand and stared out to sea into the twilight and so they ventured near.

“Good evening, young Master Fredrick,” said the grand old man, without turning around.

“Hail to you, Grandmaster West,” what brings you here?

“Well, I am here because of you and you because of me.”

“How so?”

“Well, here is a paper on which I’ve written what I was going to say next. Tell me then, what it says before you open it.”

Fredrick knew. “It will say, as you would’ve have said, ‘Fredrick, as you know I’ve been busy lately with the atomic crisis, but that’s settled now and so I’ve taken some time off myself, but I haven’t forgotten you. I’ve read your complete and very detailed report, and would to it the fact that you went alone to spare any harm to others and also, most significantly, because you knew yourself to be invincible in this mission, for you had seen yourself alive in the premonition of the future that had you testing your new formulas at the TOE center.’”

“Amazing,” replied the Grand One, “look to the paper now.”

“It is nearly word for word,” said Fredrick, much amazed himself.

“Will the tests have a positive result—did you see that?”

“Yes, indeed they will.”

“There is much more between Heaven and Earth than meets the eye.”