Johnny uploaded the new book Sally had wanted into their HoloSphere. ‘Here, Sal,’ he said, sitting down beside her. ‘I revised it for you. I had AI run through every historic restoration and interpretation ever scanned. Guess what?’ he grinned at her. ‘It matches.’
She looked at him in disbelief.
He continued, ‘Exactly like you said, Sal. Hell is a place, in the Future, physically. Somehow ancient astronomers must have observed a lensing event. From a black hole, maybe, I don’t know. But, if it’s in the Future -’
‘Maybe we can reroute Earth around it?’ she asked.
‘Yea, Sal,’ he smiled. ‘I don’t feel like goin’ to Hell.’