World Eternal 1: Promises

“Wait a minute! Please don’t go, sir.” Jim ran after him. The men stopped, and Jim stood in front of the chancellor. “You’re right. We should not have stayed and listened. But we saw the same thing Dr. Durand saw. My parents gave me a new telescope for Christmas. We know it’s out there. Right, Pat?”

            Pat nodded vigorously. “Yes, sir, we do. In fact, we have seen it twice, but we haven’t been able to check in the past couple of days.” Pat searched for words to plead their case. “We saw it, sir, and we know what it looks like.”

            Valencia’s eyes traveled from Pat’s face to Jim’s. “Prove it,” he said. “How do I know you’re not making this up?”

            Pat took his wallet out of his pocket and pulled out a folded piece of paper. “Look at this, sir. I drew a picture of it. Does this look like what Dr. Durand showed you?”

            Durand took the paper. “That’s a better drawing than I could do. That’s exactly what we saw! When did you see this?”