He then took it to his publishers, who thought it was rubbish, and threw it in the garbage. When Mr. Stetson, the night janitor was taking out the bin, it fell off unnoticed onto the desk of Cyrus Bilford. The next day, Cyrus quit his job to forge his new life as a producer. As he cleaned off the desk, he noticed that he did not own a class IV laser, and decided to give the company a call and find the writer.