Aethernet Magazine #8 by Ed. Barbara Ballantyne

Author:Ed. Barbara Ballantyne
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub

It was in the early hours when Burns sat before the blazing fire in his study, with Tommy stretched out on the chesterfield at sleep’s door.

The boy had finished a huge mug of cocoa, and Burns was sipping at his china cup of Earl Grey.

Now the mudlark – or should that be, the ex-mudlark – said, “Who are you, Mr Burns… and what in the Lord’s name was that submarine doing under the Thames?”

Burns smiled and took a breath. Where to begin, he wondered? Why not at the beginning?

“Who am I, Tommy? Well, I am a Guardian,” he said. “You see, the universe out there is a very big place, m’boy, and many strange and various alien races inhabit the stars beyond this one, and not all those races have the best interests of the so called ‘lesser’ races at heart. Now planet Earth and the human race are relative youngsters on the scene, unaware of the teeming cosmos beyond, and therefore must be protected from the dangers that beset it… " He paused there, then said, “Tommy?”

He looked across at the silent figure of the boy, but Tommy was fast asleep.

Smiling, Burns rose and moved to his armchair beside the window, and stared out at the night sky.

For a while he contemplated planet Earth, and the stars beyond. Then, when he was sure that Newton was sleeping soundly, he crept from the room and left the house.

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