Stephen's Secure Blog #86
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 after
2018, 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 13 in this story, in the Winter of year 4 of his special
school.
Stephen's Secure Blog #86 "Splidnt Rescue"
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I had some juice and a snack, and used the bathroom. I dressed in
medium color rich looking clothes. I ported Harditch, when she was
ready, to my living room. We sat, and I said, "We are going to try to
recruit a student. This isn't going to be like the others. It's a young
boy of your people, who has enormous potential. He's an orphan, an
outcast, and living on the streets. He trusts nobody, not even himself.
He has the abilities you started with, and is very confused by them.
Tell me why I want you on this mission."
She said "I'm the only one of us who has the chance of being accepted
by him. He might suffer and die if we don't convince him to come with
us. This is a big responsibility." I said "Yes, and I'm sorry to have
to put you in this situation so soon." She said, "If I knew, and you
didn't ask for my help, I might want to scratch your face off." I said
"Well, we don't have to er, face that right now. We have another
problem I have to tell you about. Me." She said in surprise, "YOU?" I
said "Yes. I have a problem. A weakness. One I've had for many
lifetimes. Children. I love them more than anything. Sometimes my
emotions can get in the way of my missions regarding them. I ask that
you watch for that. Warn me if my anger over his mistreatment shows so
much it could disturb him." She said very gently, "I will. You can
count on me." I said "Alright. Now about if we succeed. He will become
instantly emotionally attached to you, even if he denies it. I know
this very well, because it always happened to the children I rescued.
This will be different, because he will have that reinforced by the
fact that you are the only one of his kind at the school. You need to
encourage him to bond with the other students, too, very sternly if
necessary, or he won't progress as he should, mistrusting them, and may
turn to the Dark. I know this is too much to ask of you, but I wouldn't
do it if I didn't think you could handle it." She said "I will do my
best, for him, and for you." I said "Thank you. Close, I won't be able
to hide from his senses, so I'll be watching from a distance in a way
he won't detect. If I think it will be useful, I'll tell you I'm
coming, and you can tell him that one of your teachers is coming to be
with the both of you, and that I'm an adopted into a clan foreigner,
and very nice, if a little small." She smiled and said, "Will do." I
said "Don't be surprised if I give you both my love. I might not be
able to keep from doing that." She said "I've learned to expect that."
I said "Our mind controlled computers we Senior Adepts wear, can put
an observational viewpoint practically anywhere in the galaxy. I'll
have it project an image of the street where he is, and him." It was
dark, and raining lightly. He was dressed in a few rags, and was wet
and shivering, all alone. I said "He would be suspicious and afraid of
a man of your kind. I think I don't have to explain why." I didn't have
to explain my tears. We stood, and I gave her a rainproof covering for
her, and for Splidnt, the child. I ported her to a block away from him,
and she walked, not hurriedly, to him. She sat next to him, and said to
him, who was wide awake then, "Hello. You look cold and wet. Take this.
Go ahead, it won't bite you. I think it might already have been fed,
because it doesn't appear to be hungry." She smiled, and so did he. He
put it on. She said "My name is Harditch. What's yours? He said
"Splidnt." She said "I could say it's nice to meet you Splidnt, but the
weather would make me a liar, and I never lie." He said "Never?
Really?" She said "Yes. I can tell when people lie, and so can the
people I live with at the school I go to. Not much point in lying
there, so you get out of that habit real fast." He said "I can tell
they're lying, too." She said "I can feel that in you, that you are
like me and the others at my school. Would you like me to tell you
about it?" He said "Yes, please." She said "It's a place on another
world, Zichesshich, where people who are extra smart and have special
mind abilities, go to learn about them, and to learn much more amazing
things. We have students from other worlds who look different, but feel
the same inside. Not everybody can come to our school. They have to be
invited."
Splidnt said, "That's why you're here. Please take me there." She
said "Well! You really are very smart. Do you really want to come to
our school? It will be hard work, learning all the things we need to
know, but I love it, and so do the other students." He said "I know you
are telling the truth, and you care about me. I want to go with you."
She said "The man who found you, and told me where you were, is coming
to take us to the school. He is one of my teachers and an adopted into
a clan foreigner, and very nice, if a little small. Are you alright
with that?" He said "What does he look like?" She said "Very light
skin, and light colored fur only on the top of his head. No claws, and
flat teeth. He smiles a lot, and actually broadcasts his love." He said
"Alright. Strange." She said, "You are already learning to see the
character of people, and care less about the outside of them, so you
will like him. Oh, and he hugs VERY well. You have to experience that
to understand it." He looked very interested. I ported to half a block
away, out of sight, and walked to them. I used my shield to keep the
rain off.
They saw me and stood up. When I got close, I bowed and said, "I am
Stephen." They both bowed, and the boy said, "I am Splidnt. Why aren't
you wet?" I said "Because I don't want to be. I set my shield to keep
the rain off. Here, I'll expand it, so the rain won't drip on you
anymore." He said "It worked, but you didn't DO anything." I smiled and
said, "Very observant. I like that. Our special technology is operated
directly by the mind. It takes a LOT of education and practice to
operate our things safely. Someday, I think you will be able to do it,
and much more." He said "I want to!" I said "Good. Shall we go to
Zichesshich now?" He looked around and said, "I don't see your
spaceship." I grinned and said, "I would be surprised if you did. It
was still on Zichesshich, the last time I checked, and that was a half
hour ago." He looked confused and said, "You aren't lying, but you're
not making sense, either." I said "Well, our most advanced students can
go from one place to another in an instant. I know that's difficult to
believe, but I can demonstrate that for you now, if you like. Oh, I see
you do like." He grinned. I said "Unfortunately, the shield will have
to be off when I do it this close to people. Watch." I ported one meter
to the side. Then to the rear. Then to back where I started from. I put
the shield back on. He said "Wow!" I grinned and said, "We hear that a
lot." He laughed. I opened my arms, and he came into them to be hugged,
and I gave him all my love. He practically melted in contented bliss.
Harditch and I shed tears for him.
I said, "We'll go to my home first, so you can get dry and into
presentable clothes, before we go to the school. Ready?" They said yes,
so I ported us to my living room. I said to Splidnt, "Please go with
Harditch to the rooms I made for Tsuriss. You can have anything there
you want. Or something else, if you ask for it." He said "I want you
with me!" I said "Why?" He looked reluctant to say, and then said,
"You're a man." I said "Hmm, I already knew that." He was embarrassed
and said, "You know what I mean." I said "Yes. Among us, who can see
through clothes all the time, we don't care about that. You know what I
look like under my coverings, and what Harditch looks like. And we know
you. None of us can help that. It's just part of who we are. You're
going to have to get used to that, sooner or later. He said "Alright.
Later." Harditch laughed and said, "He's got you there." I said "Yes.
He's too smart for me." I said to the boy, "How about a compromise? All
three together." He said "No." I sighed and said, "Alright, but she
might be insulted." He looked torn, and said, "Alright, but no
peeking." We went to the rooms and he stripped behind a door, and asked
me to throw him some clothes after he had cleaned himself up. I had to
ask Harditch what was appropriate for him, and passed them to him.
After dressing, he looked very presentable, which Harditch and I told
him. He looked pleased. Harditch had a pile of clothes and things
already sorted for him to have, and I ported them to Harditch's room,
and told the boy I did that, because Zander hadn't assigned him a room
yet. He said another wow, and we grinned at that, which made him laugh.
I said "Two things, before we go to the school. What we do, and the
special things we learn at the school, must be kept secret. You know
what can happen to people who are different, and too much better than
others." He nodded very seriously. I said "The other thing is, you owe
Harditch a hug. It's only fair, and we value fairness very highly." He
didn't have to be persuaded. They both liked it a lot. I said "Zander,
who is my student and runs the school here, already knows what's
happened, and that you are coming. I know you didn't see or hear me
tell him, but I did, and you will be able to do that kind of thing
yourself, soon." He grinned. I said "Never forget that I love you.
Harditch loves you. Everybody at the school will love you. That's just
how we are. You can feel our love, and when you have it, they will feel
yours. I think it's a great way to live. Well, and being dry, too." He
grinned and laughed and gave us both a quick hug. I said "Ready to
port?" They were, and we did, to Zander's inner courtyard, which acted
as his usual living room. He was there with Rose and Hawk.
I said "Hello everybody. This is Splidnt. Splidnt, this is Rose, and
Hawk. They are my students and friends, and are of my kind, which I
think you have noticed. And they hug really well. They assist Zander,
who is standing next to them, when he needs extra help teaching. He
runs the school, and is friends with the President of this planet. I
teach at another school, and look for students, and do a lot of other
things, so I don't have much time to be here, but I am sometimes, so
you won't forget what I look like." He smiled. I said to Zander, "I'll
be at my house for the rest of the day and tomorrow. Then I'll take the
ship back. No need to waste money on port fees. Oh, and I think you can
really start looking for the right building now, with what we've won.
Ask for whatever you need." He grinned, and said, "Who should tell
Hissssner?" I said to Splidnt, "That's the President we know." I said
"I don't care. If you want to, fine. If you do, give him crystals of
our competitions, if he wants to see them. Rose, do you think you can
key them to an individual?" She said "I'll try and let you know." I
said "Good." I said to Splidnt, "I'm going now. I'm very happy for you
that you will be here, and that I've found a new friend who can be like
me. Farewell." I ported away before we could both cry.
Later, Rose and Hawk came to sleep with me. Naturally, they knew how
I felt. We just hugged, all night, with love.
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