SO … YOU’RE SAYING THAT THIS VAT COULD EXIST SOMEWHERE IN A TRULY INFINITE EVERYWHERE, AND THEREFORE IT CAN EXIST HERE? said Death. ‘Indeed,’ said Chaos. BUT IT NO LONGER EXISTS IN THE PLACE WHERE IT SHOULD EXIST. ‘No. It should, now, exist here. The maths is easy,’ said Chaos. AH? WELL, MATHS, said Death dismissively. GENERALLY I NEVER GET MUCH FURTHER THAN SUBTRACTION. ‘In any case, chocolate is hardly a rare commodity,’ said Chaos. ‘There are planets covered in the stuff.’

