Gary Brandt opens Book Three of his tale from The Dimension Of Mind Dot Com with a beautifully intimate father-daughter scene that showcases the emotional depth beneath all the cosmic drama.
When Helana makes breakfast at 6 a.m.
for her and Mr.
Danvers, what starts as home economics practice transforms into a tearful bonding moment that cements their relationship forever.
Her vulnerable confession—'You have Eileen, your daughter.
Is there enough love for me?'—melts when he responds that he claimed her as his daughter from the moment she was just a voice in his head, in 'a timeless place where past, present, and future collided.' Their conversation reveals fascinating interdimensional theology: Helana's people view reincarnation as spiritually wrong because it violates a newborn's sanctity, forcing another spirit's baggage onto a pure soul, while thought forms created by humanity's obsession with fictional drama literally become parasitic entities that feed on chaos and infect minds to spark real-world conflicts.
But Brandt keeps the action moving when Ella encounters two fake Pleiadian 'sisters' who claim she's a Star Seed with cosmic duties—beautiful blonde women that Ella immediately recognizes as reptilian entities hiding under fake human skin.
Her fearless response is pure teenage attitude: 'Bullshit.
I take astronomy.
The Pleiades is too young for planets or people.
So cut the crap and tell me what you are.' When they persist with their deception, she threatens to have the secret service agents shoot them and pedals away, refusing to be intimidated.
Commander Beaker's warning that reptilians are dangerous beings who 'kill and eat you as easily as befriend you' only makes Ella more determined to get weapons training so she can 'shoot them myself.' The episode ends with Ella's diary entry perfectly capturing teenage priorities: she's annoyed that Beaker's Navy uniform embarrasses them at school, worried about Helana talking boys with their father, and stressed about having two tests to study for—because even when you're battling interdimensional lizard people and saving humanity, homework still matters.
Brandt's genius lies in balancing cosmic revelations with utterly relatable family dynamics, showing that love and normalcy are the real weapons against darkness.