 Why is Grannie Annie so concerned about the Green Flame’s whereabouts?
But to me she was still Grannie Annie, as old-fashioned as last year's hat, as modern as an atomic motor. If Annabella C. Flowers wrote a novel, and the locale was the desert of Mars, she packed her carpet bag and hopped a liner for Craterville. The Green Flames might be said to be an inorganic opiate, a thousand times more subtle and more powerful than any known drug." "The archives tell us that one of the first acts of the overthrowing government was to cast out all Green Flames, two of which Vennox had ordered must be kept in each household. Grannie Annie lit a cigarette and flipped the match to the floor. Green Flames were supposedly destroyed on all planets after the Vennox regime crashed.
 The current political climate is restless, and if used Green Flames could lead to a disaster.
 She wants to finish writing her story about them and needs to see them again.  She believes that Doctor Universe is using to for his show to manipulate people.  The current political climate is restless, and if used Green Flames could lead to a disaster.  She wants it for herself and to continue researching the effects of Green Flame.