[ WP ] A 4-D star collides with Earth , causing it to `` unroll '' into a seemingly infinite plane . Though satellite images from orbit appear normal , on the surface , everything has changed . There are suddenly new continents , new seas , stretching endlessly onward . A new age of exploration begins .

`` Your father wanted me to give this to you after his funeral.'' 
 
 `` A letter? Should n't this be read aloud for everyone to hear?'' 
 
 `` He told me with his last words to have you read it, then decide.'' 
 
 `` Well, in any case, thank you.'' 
 
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 Daniel, 
 
 This should n't be. 
 
 It does n't make sense. Unfolding across four dimensions, yet we still perceive the world in three ( Four, counting time )? The idiots that came up with that theory - no, not a theory, it's a widely regarded *fact* by the time you're reading this - should n't be called scientists anymore. 
 
 There's no way you do n't know by now that the earth was hit by a star moving faster than the speed of light. Nobody knows how or why this happened. But when it hit Earth ( and the rest of the solar system by extension ), things went haywire. Electronics began to malfunction. Those used primarily for communication remained online, as our'scientists' attempted to keep those online so we could continue to communicate with the rest of the world. 
 
 But why would the star be in four dimensions? That does n't make sense! It effects the world in an entirely three dimensional way! As three dimensional beings, we can see in detail things in two dimensions without any trouble. Some games and simulations project three dimensional viewpoints through these. However, if we were in four dimensions, we would be able to see three dimensional objects with the same level of clarity! 
 
 The star'overwrote' most of the earth. Some pockets of land were unaffected, as the star overwrote primarily the surface area. Some people attempted to explore these areas, but that was before everything mechanical broke down. Somehow, there have been no reported deaths due to this. However, I lost my daughter due to it, and I have no intention of losing anyone else to it. This is why, with my dying act, I reversed the star's effects. I do n't know how I did it, my memory is slipping just as the ink slips from this pen, but I did it. You may treat me as a martyr, or a destroyer of worlds, but I did it. I did it. I did it. I did it. I di -- -- ( The rest is an unintelligible scrawl attempting to say the same words. ) 
 
 Your father, 
 
 Andrew Brandt 
 
 EDIT: I was just informed that Andrew Brandt is an ESPN personality. Whoops! That was not intended.
