Rise To Stardom

Chapter 120: Bootstrap Paradox

Chapter 120: Bootstrap Paradox

{The Curator – Tenth Season | 8th April 2020 | Act 2 | Scene 4 | Take 1}

 "Come in." the Substitute Professor, responded as he organized some books and documents on his desk.

Someone was knocking on his door.

Slowly opening the door, baffling questions, written all over her face, The Curator raised his gaze up to stare at the lady with an acknowledging expression;

"Snow. Kiera Snow. Have a seat, please." he gestured to the chair before him as he leaned onto his own chair with a warm smile.

Nodding her head slightly, Kiera did as she was told.

Now sitting across her Professor whom was obviously younger than her, a frankly, unexpected silence, settled between the two as she ruminated on how to structure her next few words.

As this happened, The Curator, simply gazed at the lady who soon spoke a few moments later.

"Who are you, really?" she asked.

That had been the most baffling of all her questions.

As much as she tried to blur out some of the things that occurred a month back, something she genuinely felt she had achieved, seeing the man before her, triggered all the events of that day all over again, making it as vividly fresh as possible in her mind.

Even though she had been unable to move at the time, she had watched, clearly, from her periphery, as the man before her, restructured the roof back then with some sort of high-tech sorcery.

"I'm The Curator." her Professor, casually replied in response.

To that, Kiera couldn't help frown a bit as she asked;