Stephen's Secure Blog #8
These stories about Stephen began was when he was 10 years old, and
moving to a new part of the country to attend a special school for
gifted students, in the 1950's. This was from a time before computers
would fit on a desk, and when people communicated with friends in other
countries by actual letters sent through the postal service. He wrote
225 of them to a friend. He stopped writing to his penpal, but found he
still wanted to record his life, in case he lost his memory again, and
wrote 30 entries in his first logbook. Then he wrote to an artificial
intelligence called Geenee, in the master computer in his school for
gifted students, which he started attending in 2016. Now it's 2018 and
later, and he's continuing to save his memories in a secure blog.
All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
The stories may not be posted in chronological order.
Stephen is 12 in this story, in March of year 2 of his special school.
Stephen's Secure Blog #8 "Zander's Rescue, Part 2"
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After the rescued Zander was comfortably situated in our space ship,
I said, "Zander, this is Ichi. Ichi, this is Zander." They bowed to
each other. Zander said "That was Pete? He looked so authentic, in his
disguise." I grinned and said "Wait and see." We flew fast, and soon we
were in the hanger. The regular Pete came into the lounge. I said "Show
him the disguise?" He grinned and put the crystal back on and changed
into the cat and, spoke like a cat saying, "Greetings." I said to
Zander, "Go ahead, feel his fur and claws." He did, and was very
surprised. He said "That is amazing! This can be very useful for our
researchers. How often have you needed to do this?" I got embarrassed,
and said, "Er, first time." Pete and Ichi grinned at me. Zander said,
"Ah! I understand. Stephen has said he likes to invent in the middle of
need. This could be one of those times." Ichi said with brotherly
pride, "It is." Pete said "It makes for interesting times around him."
Zander said "I am not surprised." I said "There is a possibility they
might want to make trouble for you for giving us those technological
toys, to keep you from boarding your transport home. We have them ready
to port to the station, devoid of all traces of contact with humans.
Where should we put them where they might not have inspected in a long
time?" He grinned and said, "Behind the boxes in storage room 9." I
said "Fine. Let's go to your apartment. Your belongings should be there
now." We went, and there they were.
I said "Do you have a camera in there, with space for pictures?" He
did and gave it to me. He was going to tell me how to use it, and I
grinned. He laughed. I said "I will enable the date and time function.
I'll be right back." I went out and to near a Port-All, but didn't use
it. I ported to that storage room, and took pictures of the things we
had returned, and the room, and ported back. Then I went back to the
apartment, and gave him back the camera. I said "Evidence. You could
say you took them to experiment with, and then changed your mind, but
forgot to return them to stock. That we modified them a little, should
be proof of that." Zander said to me, "You planned all this?" I got
embarrassed again. Ichi said "Yes he did. It was very educational
watching him do that." Zander said "You are very fortunate." I said to
Pete, "He's as bad as you are, in embarrassing me. I told him that,
too." They all laughed. I said "We need to establish our schedules.
Zander, you are most comfortable here, so we can do everything with you
here. Ichi and I will adjust to it, with something like what Pete used
for the disguise. The only thing lacking here is food for you. Ichi
will have it ported here for you, from the station." He said "You will
not do it?" I looked embarrassed. "He is from Japan, and so is more er,
open to different food preferences." Zander said, "So you have a
weakness!" I said "I didn't say that." Pete said, "Right. HE did."
Zander said to Pete, "Stephen said I would like you. I have not seen
him be wrong, so far." They grinned and bowed to each other.
I said plaintively, "Schedules? We have a lot of work to do, and too
little time in which to do it. I need just 3 hours of sleep a night. Or
day, and can do without that for a week without diminishing me in any
way. Ichi?" He said "I need 5 a night, but can get by on 4 for a week
with no issues. A little less, with minimal impairment." I said
"Zander, You will be working very hard. You should have all the rest
your body and mind needs. If you don't get enough, and think you can
accomplish more, you will actually accomplish less." He said "I
understand. I need 6 or 7 hours of sleep a day. 8, if exhausted. I
usually eat twice a day, but from our last meeting, I expect I will
need to eat more, and more often. Alone, or with Ichi." I said "Thank
you. Sleep schedule?" He said, "I am flexible in that. Adjusted to your
time, and including the usual personal maintenance activities, I should
be available from 9AM to 11 PM, with the usual breaks during that time.
Is this satisfactory?" I said "Very. When we are not here with you, we
will be out of range of your telepathy." I had my hands behind me
during the discussion. Now I brought them forward and showed them what
I had in them, and said, "These are voice communication devices. Each
of the 4 are switchable to send to all, or to just one, and are marked
with our names. They can be worn on the wrist, or hung on a pendant, or
clipped to a belt, or put in a pouch." I passed them around. Zander
said, "They are very small. How are they powered, and what is their
range?" I said "For now, you don't need to be concerned about that.
They are shielded and tamper proof by your science." He said
"Interesting." I said "I was afraid of that." He laughed.
I said "Ichi and I will be your hosts, and our only duty while you
are with is. Pete actually has a lot of responsibilities, and so
shouldn't be disturbed except in an emergency, but he will be checking
with us whenever his curiosity gets the better of him. This is about
the time Ichi and I eat with our family. Do you want to have food now,
yourself?" He said "I could use a bite or two." I said "I think I'll
keep my distance." He laughed. I said "I hope you don't mind being
alone for a little while. You will not be locked in. There is nothing
on this island which we would keep you from seeing, which would work
for you. I advise you not to wander much, because while this place is
made for offworld visitors, it has never had one of them as a resident.
Some of our employees might have unusual dreams after seeing you, and
require some mental heath treatment." He laughed again. I said "I
actually find your appearance interesting, and even pleasing. But then,
I'm an artist, and I can see beauty in almost anything. Well, not your
food." I grinned, and he laughed. So did Pete, who said, "Go and eat.
I'll stay with my friend here." We bowed to each other, and Ichi and I
walked to the porting room, and ported to our bedroom. Before we went
to eat, Ichi said, "That went very well. You really called it. You made
those radios right there behind your back, didn't you." I said "Thanks,
and yes. Don't say it?" He put his hand over his mouth. I laughed. We
kissed and hugged. We went to eat, but I was keeping a 4th viewpoint on
Pete and Zander. I knew Pete would expect me to do that.
We told the rest of the family what had happened, but in a hurry.
Then we ported back to my office at the island. Then something
unexpected happened. One of the stone boxes glowed more brightly than
the others. I sat down and cried. Ichi said with concern, What's
wrong?" I said "Nothing. I'm VERY happy. For YOU." He looked confused.
I said "Do you feel something strange in this room?" He said "Yes.
Something friendly is pulling at me." I said "Go to it." He did and
looked to me. I nodded, and he opened the box and took out the chain
and pendant. I said "It's yours." He said "Mine? A gift?" I said "Not a
gift. It's yours, now, and in all your future incarnations. It chose
you above all others, and will never choose another. Put it on and feel
it's love." He did and said, "Wow!" I gave him the crystal which
explained it. He said wow again. I said "That crystal was for Zander.
There is MUCH more about it I will tell you later, and you better think
about something to replace that wow with." He tried to laugh. We ported
to near Zander's apartment and walked to it. We knocked and were
admitted. They both noticed Ichi's stone. I said "We went to get the
instruction crystals, and it chose him." They congratulated him with a
lot of feeling. Then Pete left, and we went to work.
First we did resistance training for an hour. Then I went into his
brain, with Ichi watching, and showed Zander how to improve his mind
management techniques. Then we did object sense exercises, and for the
last hour, we did more resistance training. Then Ichi ported some food
for Zander while I wasn't looking, and we left him for the night. But
before that, I said to him, "Tomorrow, you will learn something which
will make those communication devices unnecessary for you." He showed a
lot of excited interest. We grinned and bowed, and left. We cleaned up
and went to bed right away. After we had done the usual squirting, I
said, "You might want to put the stone in a wrist band like mine, or
somewhere else on you. I never liked that thing around my neck. Oh, and
I absolutely love that it chose you, so I can tell you secrets nobody
but a stoned adept should know, and I love YOU, too." He said "I love
you, and I can't think you enough for being who you are and my
brother." We slept together with love.
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