text: There are far too many cameras and far too many people in this room. The flashing of the camera bulbs irritates my eyes. I suppose I'm ready to tell my story. My whole body aches but I think I can manage a few sentences. They want to know what I saw. There was a problem with the spacecraft. I got too close to a black hole... I don't think it was my fault. It's hard to say. My craft appeared light years upon light years away from the black hole. My sensors said I was at the edge of the known universe. I did the only thing I could. I turned the cryo-chamber on, turned my ship around, put her on full burn, and went to sleep. Apparently they sent a rescue team for me. Somehow they found me. It's been twenty years. Honestly not as long as I expected to be gone. It doesn't make any sense. That's okay, I accept it. "What did you see at the edge of the universe?" said one of the interviewers. I tried to reply without giving away how weak I felt. "Nothing," I said. "You are the only explorer to reach the edge of the universe. Is that all you saw? Nothing?" "When I say nothing... I mean nothing," I struggled to say. "Just an empty void of space. Blackness all around?" "No, no. I saw nothing." "Yes, exactly. It was all black?" "No. You misunderstand. I saw nothing." The man appeared to be getting agitated. He obviously just didn't understand. I sighed. "There was nothing. Let's think about this. What do you see out of your third eye?" The man chuckled. "I don't have a third eye." I nodded. "Of course. But what do you see? What do you see out of your elbow? The back of your head?" "I... I don't... nothing." "Is it black?" "No..." "Exactly... Just nothing." "That doesn't make any sense. You looked out the cockpit window of your craft and..." "There was absolutely nothing. I can't make it any easier than this." "That's... wow. Do you remember what you saw when you went into the black hole?" "I..." I couldn't find the words. "Anything at all?" The man asked. "Was it the same as the edge? Was there nothing?" "No..." I smiled. "I saw everything.