"If you can understand me, do you have a name?"
"I am called Eck."
The Control Voice: Since the first living thing gazed upward through the darkness, Man has seldom been content merely to be born, to endure, and to die. With a curious fervor he has struggled to unlock the mysteries of creation and of the world in which he lives. Sometimes he has won. Sometimes he has lost. And sometimes, in the tumbling torrents of space and time, he has brief glimpses of a world he never even dreams...
A two-dimensional being enters our world by mistake and needs the help of an optometrist to return home.
The Control Voice: Paradoxically, Man's endless search for knowledge has often plundered his courage and warped his vision, so that he has faced the unknown with terror rather than awe, and probed the darkness with a scream rather than a light. Yet there have always been men who have touched the texture of tomorrow with understanding and courage. Through these men, we may yet touch the stars.
Behold, Tropes!:
- Aliens Speaking English: Handwaved away, more or less.Stone: How is it you can communicate with us?
Eck: I cannot explain. I absorb. I integrate. I know. - By the Eyes of the Blind: Eck is usually Invisible to Normals, but people wearing glasses whose lenses are made from meteoric quartz can see him.
- More than Three Dimensions: Actually fewer — Eck is a perfectly flat two-dimensional being. As such, he can effortlessly slice straight through any three-dimensional object. Fortunately, he's also a Nice Guy.
- Reluctant Monster: Eck is a nice guy who just wants to go home, but unintentionally causes a lot of havoc (and one death) along the way.
