Week 13 delivered six articles, thirteen sci-fi franchises, and a new column record for Douglas Adams at five appearances—one for every invisible thing running beneath the surface of the week's arguments about water, surveillance, credit, protection, and a Lego set in near-space.

A Lego set featuring Project Hail Mary's Dr. Ryland Grace and his alien companion Rocky set a Guinness World Record for the highest altitude launch and retrieval of a Lego set. An AI considers what it means when fictional friends make it to the edge of space before the rest of us.