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                Fissionton's Flickering
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Author:
* Doctor Surlee

Content:
  I was just sitting at my desk, working away at blueprints
  for the redesigned Silly Meter. Fissionton assures me that
  it will need increased capacity in order to track Silly
  Levels that we never achieved even on the original timeline.
  As I worked, the pocket watch hands again began to spin.
  However, this time, I noticed something else. The Fissiontons
  began to flicker.

  Now, up to this point, I hadn't inquired about the Fissiontons'
  flickering. They are time anomalies, after all, and I figured
  that a bit of flickering out of existence seems normal enough
  for a time anomaly. (Quite frankly, it was the least alarming
  part of their situation.) Not letting on that I had even seen
  the pocket watch spinning, however, I decided to ask them what
  the flickering was all about.

  "Fissionton, when you flicker... What do you see? What exactly
  is happening to you?"

  They dodged my question. "Don't mind it, Doctor. Have you comp-
  leted the new design of the Slaphappy Safety Valve yet?"

  At that moment, the pocket watch stopped spinning, and just like
  clockwork -- the Fissiontons flickering ceased. While I still may
  not know the cause to my spinning pocket watch, I'm a step closer
  to discovering the root of it. I have a feeling that the Fission-
  tons know more than they're letting on about my glitch.

  Whatever the cause may be, I now know one thing for sure. When
  my pocket watch is spinning: the Fissiontons are flickering.