‘I’m not in the tree’, explained the intruder.
‘Are you for real mate?’ yelled Umbarlon.
- The job of guarding the Aldernon Crystal was the most prestigious security detail on Fenossus.
- Lieutenant Umbarlon Hydroxil was rightly proud to have been appointed Guard of the Aldernon Vestibule.
- He found the stranger hiding in a tree just outside the door.
‘No, I told you, I don’t exist.’
Umbalon considered the reply. It was an unusual one. Unusual enough to make Umbarlon contemplate his place in the Universe.
Which, ironically, was exactly the same amount of time needed for the theft of a crystal.
An Roinn Ultra - Irish Science Fiction 