Reena’s Exploration Challenge – 82 – Cyril Rum and the Black Hole.

Image: Credit: NASA, BBC News

PROMPT

I am not a fatalist. I’m not obsessed with darkness. Yet, a landmark development in astronomy this week inspires me to remain on the periphery of the theme, but not get sucked inside.

See if you can explore the science, give it a new twist, write a fairy tale or fables around it, or give it a totally new meaning. Black holes do not exist only in space. Many of us have those in our minds, when we cut ourselves off from the world.

The release of a photo purporting to be that of a black hole hit the headlines and caused Cyril Rum, an Angel on Sabbatical, to sit up and take notice.

Cyril being an Angel had been around a long time, and the theory of black holes in the universe had always fascinated him.

Then again, most things fascinated Cyril which…