Printed in the Greenglade Weekly Courier
Spiral Day 0T0L0X1.17
Section: Opinions & Irritations
To the Editor,
Forgive me if I sound indelicate, but how many “containment protocols” does it take before we start to realize these so-called “higher authorities” haven’t got the sense to trap a squirrel, let alone the most deranged metaphysical entity since the Unraveling of the Sky Choir?
We were assured - and I do mean assured, in the pages of this very newspaper, mind you - that Carceron was unbreachable. That no one, not even Lyrax with all his dark light and dismal poetry, could slip through.
Well, slip he has. And now we’re told he’s out there again, whispering nightmares into vending machines or whatever it is he does. Don’t even get me started on his “lady friend,” Amatrix. If you ask me, that one has always had an untrustworthy glint about her.
My question is this: do we light the flames? You know the ones I mean. The Flames of Solemn Recourse. I know the Concord never officially endorsed them, but let’s be honest - they’ve never denied them either. If there were ever a time to fire up ancient, possibly heretical emergency firepower, now would be it.
Some will say I’m overreacting. Let them. I may be 77, and yes, my knees ache in any sector colder than 22 degrees, but I still know the scent of incompetence when it blows in on the breeze.
To those who sealed him the first time: do better. To those preparing to do so again: do it right.
Regards,
Aubrey Henderson
Unit 4, Holly Galore Crescent
Greenglade Retirement Village, Planet Alder Nine
P.S. I have a grandson in the Inter Planetary Guard. If he gets himself cursed by dark energy recursion, I will be writing another letter.