“So, Lucifer, looks like I’m winning this round.”

“Slow down, Creator. I still have time.”

“Come on. What can you do in a couple of minutes?”

“Minutes? You are forgetting, Creator, they have a little over a year in Earth time.”

“That’s not enough for any kind of serious project. Remember how long the October coup took in 1917?”

“Yeah, I had to pull some teeth.”

“And that scam of yours in ‘62 at the Bay of Pigs… Do you remember ‘Black Saturday’? They already had their fingers on the red button.”

“Yeah, they were almost on the verge, Creator. If only Khrushchev hadn’t…”

“Should have, could have… They say “if my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle.” So enough with what-ifs! Yes, I was lucky with Khrushchev and Kennedy then. But what do you have against me now, with only one earth year left till the end of this round?”

“You know, now they are changing values, reconsidering history, religion…”

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“So what?”

“They have always sought a scientific explanation of our existence. Remember that ancient theory about the Sun?”

“Which one? The one where I’m the Sun giving Life, Light, and Energy?”

“Yes, that one. Remember I complained that they made you the Sun but never figured out a cosmic reference for the Devil?”

“I do. Did they finally figure one out?”

“Looks like they did.”

“I’m intrigued. What could it be, Lucifer? Something devouring Life, Light, and Energy? Like some sort of hole, a Black Hole...”

“I have always appreciated your uncanny ability to tell it like it is, Creator. It actually is the Black Hole.”

"Not only did they figure out the reference, but they have, in fact, long been working to bring it to life. Humans are confident that they have built a device to study the collisions of one kind of accelerated microscopic particles with others. You know, I am more of a poet, I’m not good with atoms and protons, but I have a gut feeling that they are on the right track. So I wouldn’t be too confident about this being the end of the round. I, the Black Hole, am going through field testing on Earth now, and it is quite possible that the Fallen Angel will return to heaven very soon and will invite himself to share your FIRE. So set the table, and please, serve more of Life, Light, and Energy. I'm very hungry!"

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From Wikipedia: “A significant amount of attention from public and media representatives has been drawn to the potential disasters that might occur as a result of operating the Large Hadron Collider. The hottest topic is the possibility of the occurrence of microscopic black holes, which may lead to a chain reaction of capturing surrounding matter, as well as the appearance of strangelets, which hypothetically are capable of transforming all matter in the Universe into strangelets.”