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THE GODS OF HYPERSPACE 145<br />
"What's that?" Narcinko says.<br />
About five feet away lies an eggplant-like lump of flesh that you had<br />
not noticed. It sits on the colorful Persian carpet and does not move.<br />
Narcinko stares at the fleshy lump and a shiver runs up his body.<br />
"What the hell is it? What's happening here?"<br />
"We were here to help rescue the president. He was abducted by 4-D<br />
creatures."<br />
"How do you know this? That's classified."<br />
"Narcinko, can you find me a strong bag and lots of rope?"<br />
He eyes you suspiciously. "We heard rumors about the 4-D creatures.<br />
We're not telling the public much or else they may panic. The White<br />
House is officially closed today."<br />
"I think I can save Sally and the president. Get me a bag and rope."<br />
Narcinko dashes away and returns with a large burlap bag and about<br />
six feet of rope. "I got this from the gardner's closet."<br />
You take the bag. "Excellent."<br />
You slowly make your way over to the fleshy blob on the Persian carpet.<br />
Stooping down, you place the bag next to the blob and very gently<br />
push the blob into the bag. Narcinko brings you the rope and you tie the<br />
bag tightly shut.<br />
As you look into Narcinko's face, you see his mouth open and close<br />
spasmodically. Why? What could be wrong?<br />
You turn, and see that the lump of flesh is now out of the bag. It must<br />
have escaped quickly without making a sound. Your eyes had been off the<br />
bag for only a second or two. The rope is still tied tightly around the<br />
opening.<br />
Narcinko looks closer. "It's different."<br />
You nod. There are three pieces of it now, like pink hot dogs. Narcinko<br />
unties the knotted rope around the bag. He slowly places his<br />
hand inside as if he is about to plunge into ice-cold water. "Nothing's<br />
in here."<br />
"I should have expected this. I think the creature is stuck in our world<br />
and wants to leave. This is just a cross section of him, a solid cross section<br />
that is stuck in our 3-D world." You explain some of the same things you<br />
have been telling Sally. "If I stick my foot in the surface of a pond, 2-D<br />
inhabitants on the pond's surface would see only a circle or an ellipse<br />
depending on what angle I intersect their world. If a 2-D creature tried to<br />
trap me in his world by tying a rope around me, I could withdraw my
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