Dr. Wasp and Hornet Holmes were gathering nectar one day when Holmes made a startling observation.\xa0\u201cThe Queen has been behaving rather oddly in recent days,\u201d she said.\xa0Dr. Wasp pulled her proboscis from the flower and regarded Holmes with surprise.\xa0\u201cHowever do you mean?\u201d she said.\xa0\u201cDo you ever feel that not all is as it seems?\u201d Holmes said. \u201cThat what we see is illusory, that dark forces move unseen behind the bright fa\xe7ade of the world?\u201d | Copyright 2022 by Lavie Tidhar. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices