All his life he worked on the gift, but they would not take it. It is too grand, they said, you can’t just give it to us. We have to give you something. Perhaps they mistrusted the generosity, because they’d never consider being so generous themselves. But it was entirely earnest. He wanted to give it to them. What else will he do with it? What else is a gift for? Perhaps they feared what it would bring. Instant communication, free, anywhere in the universe. There were those that, while he begged them to take this gift, plotted to destroy both it and it’s creator.
Paddy Dobson
28th March 2024