How to Survive Time Travel by Larry Hayes
Author:Larry Hayes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Published: 2022-05-26T00:00:00+00:00
âItâs tiny,â said Sadie, seeing the same thing as me. âWhat are they doing? Feeding it and hoping itâll grow?â
âNo, ya numpty, thatâs just the tip. Itâs buried,â said the boy.
âIs the whole thing covered in gold?â Sadieâs eyes were suddenly big. âWeâll be the richest people, like, ever.â
âIf you can find a rich enough fool to buy it off you,â said the boy taking a bite of his sandwich. âItâs just foolâs gold.â
âIron pyrite,â explained Johnnie. âIt just looks like gold.â
Sadie shrugged. âSo what are they chucking into it?â
âGuano,â said the boy, all matter-of-fact, âAKA bird poo.â As if it was totally normal to do anything with bird poo.
âI suppose youâve got to put it all somewhere,â said Johnnie, and he laughed, but everyone else went back to their vegetable sandwiches.
Sadie was the first to finish lunch â she eats like a carnivore, even when no meat is involved â and she asked the questions Iâd been thinking about all along:
âSo who are you? And what are you doing here?â
The boy smiled. âIâm doing my history homework.â
Sadie snorted. âHistory homework?â
âYeah, we get one school trip a year, anywhere in time and space andââ
Sadie didnât let him finish. âYouâre on a school field trip? To 5000 BCE?â
âThe future sounds so cool,â Johnnie said through a mouthful of bread. âDoes everyone get a field trip?â
âShut up, Johnnie,â said Sadie âWhatâs your name?â
The Boy-God looked a bit surprised by that.
âMy name?â he said, finishing his sandwich. âWe donât have names. You donât really need them in the future.â
Sadie looked at me as if to say, âDo you believe that?â
I just pulled a face. Would you really need a name in the future?
âWe just use a 256-bit crypto hash function because we communicate virtually.â
I looked at Johnnie; he was nodding. âSo everyone just has a unique string of numbers and letters? Thatâs so cool.â
I looked back at the boy. The bites on my back were driving me crazy.
âWho wants ice cream?â he said abruptly, looking pleased with himself.
And, without waiting for an answer, he raised his hands above his head and clapped three times. Like some kind of ancient sultan or emperor.
There was immediate activity below, and we saw someone running out into the desert along the length of the Sphinx, a tall girl with long black hair. She ran fast, disappearing round the back.
Thirty seconds later, sheâd returned, still running fast, but carrying something â a tub.
âDid she just pull a tub of ice cream out of the Sphinxâs butt?â asked Sadie.
Boy-God smiled. âItâs where we keep the freezer.â
Johnnie gave me a meaningful look, as if to say, âI told you it was the Riddle of the Sphinxâs Butt.â
And then, well, then all my questions bubbled out.
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