Alchemic Power of Thor
Once
upon a time, Thor and Loki descended into the Underworld, to visit the
Five-Sided Temple. There they met with death-god Pluto and with Ares, the Lord
of War. On the agenda; which type of alchemic reactor for Ares? Thor’s
liquid-fluoride-thorium reactor, or Pluto’s light-water-plutonium reactor?
Thor
and Pluto pitched their respective reactors. Ares was only mildly interested in
the greater efficiency of Thor’s reactor, and the greater abundance of thorium
over uranium; he was interested in extracting precious rhodium from Thor’s
reactor waste; and he was very interested in extracting bomb-grade plutonium
from Pluto’s reactor waste. Naïve
Thor gaffed badly by bragging that his reactor is useless for making alchemic weapons.
Thor
pled that Pluto’s alchemic waste is deadly for a thousand centuries, but Thor’s
for only three, and Thor’s reactor can burn Pluto’s alchemic waste. But Ares
cared not at all for future generations; so he chose Pluto’s reactor. Defeated,
Thor and Loki left the Underworld.
Clever
Loki told downcast Thor to cheer up. Then Loki gave the news to the people of
Midgard, and they praised Thor. The Midgardians said that the War-Lord’s
rejection of Thor’s reactor is for them an endorsement!
They cheered, “All hail mighty Thor!”
Moral: A scoundrel’s curse
is a blessing.
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