Madness string 2262

Random mermaid
The story starts here, in the middle, not because the middle is more important or more interesting than the beginning or end, but simply because it is the only piece left that is not missing. It is the only piece that has been found, and the only piece that is safe to share. The rest is holes.
Physicists tend to roll in a couple decades later and find uses for all that nonsense you mathematicians prove.