´Twas a splendid story, if a trifle optimistic - whatever happened to eternal damnation?
I too, liked the idea of the ventriloquist´s job being to stop the puppet talking - it reminded me of why most puppets, without a ventriloquist, are such complete failures - apparently Einstein was once asked if there was a formula for success in life, akin to his theory of relativity. He immediately answered that it was x times y to the power of z. Asked what x, y and z represent, he answered that x was hard work, and y was talent. Pressed to reveal the nature of z, he eventually answered "keeping your mouth shut".
Congratulations, by the way, on the Parsec award, The Drabblecast is not only the best speculative fiction podcast, it gets my vote as the best storytelling podcast in any genre. And that, as our genial host is wont to say, is a statement, not a fact.
I share Norms distress at the demise of the Triceratops as a Species, but take comfort in the fact that at least there are
Flying Carpets.
Respectfully,
The Polecat