“Here we are offering you the sacrifice, the Sun. Have mercy on us and brighten your face. By custom we bring to you those who have blasphemed and despised You! Punish them and look again at your people. O great, here is Your sacrifice! ”

“Ugh, that was pretty ugly. Do you think it hurt Bill a lot? I guess so when he twitches. I wouldn't believe what else a man could do when his heart was just torn. ”

“Please stop. It makes me sick!?"

“It doesn't matter, you still have nothing left in your stomach. Why would they feed the future victim too? Maybe our guts would use something or something like that. That makes some sense to human life. ”

"Does cynicism and morbidity mean anything to you?"

“Those are two words when I don't count 'a'. I have the impression that these are my middle names. What you are really angry with is your fault. ”

"My fault?"

“Of course, who predicted the outburst of the Sun? You! Also going south here wasn't as good an idea as it looked. It is said, civilized, these savages do not change. They think their rituals will save them. Barbarians. ”

“Barbarians? Didn't you see the notebook by the shaman. That seemed like civilization to me. ”

“Yeah, where do you think they've read about the ancient victims, too. The biggest irony is that I guess from me. ”

"From you?"

"Henry Prowse, archaeologist and mystic ritual specialist, is my name. I guess I shouldn't have written it so nicely. They seem to be fascinated by my book, definitely more than the critics in the Post. I'm quite annoyed that he uses my words, a shaman one scolded. Do I have any rights, what of the International Code for the Protection of Literature? Does he have my consent to use part of my book? ”

"Then sue him, naive."

“I will. Well, I would. But I think I can hardly speak with my ecstatic language. ”

"You forgot your heart!"

"What? Like I have mercy on them? Perhaps… ”

"I thought you could hardly complain with a ripped heart."

“There's something going on. It's called an astronomer, after all, you're not such an ignorant person. ”

"I and my Nobel Prize thank you for your flattery."

"Why aren't you gone long ago, Frank? Why?" You knew it first. ”

"Don't know the motto: Women and children first"? "

“How about: Women and eminent scientists first? Especially pretty women. The children would have done it somehow. ”

"But it will pass you after they do it to you ..."

"With the?"

"You know, with that ..."

“Perhaps not, that's against humanity. Against conventions… ”

"Then you can explain it to them. He will definitely hear you, with that beautiful fistula voice. "

"You tell me something about morbidity."

"Are you serious?"

“Of course, Henry. In fact, I was quite interested in what the end of the world would look like. I never thought mankind would knock that far. Supernova explosion, that will be something. ”

“I guess I will disappoint you, you won't see it very well with your eyes closed. Looks like the victims didn't help much. Now it's our turn. Maybe if we stayed up there, in the north, that wouldn't happen to us. ”

"You're right. Now you could have nice moments with polar bears. But I hear they don't like frozen people anyway. They say too much power in their teeth. ”

"There you go. I thought you were a pessimist. Still, it's funny that mankind will survive hunger, ecological disasters, nuclear war and now one stupid sun and it's over. ”

"You know it is called life."

“So the shaman is slowly approaching, so goodbye, have a good time in that sacrifice. Come back sometime, we'll have fun… Er. ”

"I don't understand why I should go first."

“Because I want to see what happens to you. I've always told you it won't work out well for you. Now I want to look at it when I was finally right. So bye. Don't twitch it too much, or it won't last. Hey, what are you doing? I want to watch. Why do you think I kept that last grain of popcorn? ”

“Oh, hello! We haven't seen each other for a long time. Last time before… before…. ”

"Do I count twenty seconds ago?"

"You're right! You've always been better at math. So it seems that even if I die in severe pain, I will not leave you alone. Don't you dare do anything, yell or something. I want to enjoy my agony in peace! ”

"Right now I have such philosophical ideas. For example: How life came into being, how the universe came into being, what a human being is, the individual has the right to take life from someone else…

"Did I turn off the iron at home?"

"What?"

"One question, too."

"But not philosophical."

"Why not. If she stayed on, it wasn't worth going home. I don't want to see the electricity bill. ”

“That shaman will be happy to help you out here. He and his sharp knife. Goodbye, my childhood friend. Do you think there is an afterlife? ”

“I thought not all my life. Which religion believes this? ”

"Why?"

"That I would apply so quickly."

“You won't make it anymore, they'd want a lot of money anyway. One express soul salvation plus painless death plus one place in heaven… ”

"Please overlooking the sea!"

“… With sea view and of course full board. Aren't you a vegetarian? '

"No."

"It is well. That's quite a lot of money, will you take it from your academic salary at all? ”

“And they take checks? Uncovered? ”

"I don't think so."

"So bad luck."

“I wonder what the end of the Sun will look like. A terrible blow, flames and smoke everywhere, roaring like Judgment Day? ”

"Probably yes. You forgot sulfur. ”

“You, look up. We should not tell the shaman to hurry. Somehow I don't like the Sun… ”

"Maybe we should close our ears, I guess it would be a nice date."

At that moment, there was a mighty, furious, all-destructive "PLOP"…… and one smaller solar system ceased to exist…

"Shit!"

“How many times have I told you to replace the bulb? Now the whole attempt is in turn. But you did it on purpose. Right from the start, you forgot to feed them, then you poured out detergent there. ”

“It wasn't on purpose, I liked them…… spruce…… they were so sweet. I'm really sorry. So stupidly destroy such a beautiful attempt. Millions of little worries, joy, love ”…

“Please, stop it. Pour the beaker into the toilet, clean it and start over. I still think I have failed this attempt. Let's get to work… ... and replace the bulb! ”

The older, more important, the creature walked away with dignity and her assistant began to smear with a bulb.

“It's a shame anyway. So, finally… ”

AND WAS LIGHT ....