Fredrica Wallis is a terran scientist who heard of a discovery made by a team on Braxis; a carving of immense proportions (two miles long), consisting of the letters "BLIZZARD". She seized upon the report, developing the theory that the universe is nothing more than a computer simulation played on the computer of a higher lifeform. Bian Ari of the Physical Sciences Steering Committee made a report on her theory criticizing it and her.