The Light at Lindisfarne

A YEAR BEFORE HE KINDLED THE LIGHT
at Lindisfarne, Albert Weiland demonstrated the transmutation
of simple into complex elements, with a controlled release of
power, in a device no larger than a desktop computer. He called
it his Graalreaktor. The world had its holy grail of energy and
a problem: It worked only in Weiland's presence, and he would
not say how.
The revelation by so eminent a physicist of what appeared to
be cold fusion set markets reeling. The authorities occupied
Weiland Labs, confiscated the old man's cryptic notes, and
assigned teams to evaluate his work, but to no avail.
Still his device worked, and his peers demanded answers.
"You do not smash a river but harvest it," Weiland said. "So,
my Graalreaktor is a lens focusing influence of forces already
present." Unable to reproduce Weiland's work, his peers
shunned and the press mocked his grail reactor.
"I have given you a vessel like the sun, rooted in the firmament,
but you shall not have it until you solve an enigma," he countered.
"In cold stone I shall kindle a light that will never fail; who
solves the mystery will have my Graalreaktor."
And so Weiland withdrew to Lindisfarne to work his magic.