Solomon's Private File #63
These stories about Stephen and Solomon take place starting in
1950's. Stephen wrote about his life in letters to a penpal, and then
in a secure blog, in case he lost his memory again, in the master
computer in his school for gifted students, which he started attending
in 2016 in a new incarnation, until his death. Now his son Solomon is
attending the same school, and is writing in his own secure blog for
his future incarnations.
All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
Solomon is 15 in this story, in the Fall of 2041.
Solomon's Private File #63 "State to State"
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We've got a lot more Double and S Kids to live with and train, but I
have more help, too. One of the S Kids objected to our living
arrangements. He wanted a separate room. And when he found out about
the nakedness and the sexplay, he REALLY objected. I had a private
meeting with him. I said, "Why do you object to our nakedness?" He
said, "It's wrong!" I said, "Why is it wrong?" He couldn't say. I said,
"Is it wrong for just you, or for everybody?" He said, "For everybody."
I said, "Oh. What gives you the right to decide for everybody else,
what they should do and not do?" He didn't answer. I said, "We don't
bother to wear clothes here because they don't hide anything for people
like us who see everything around us inside and out. We are the most
intelligent people in the world. Hiding what we can see in spite of
that, is stupid. We REALLY don't do stupid." He thought a little, and
said, "I understand, but I can't help what I feel." I said, "You
actually can help that. And you will have to, even if you go to a
different school. In all boarding schools we know of, you would have to
share a room, and sometimes with more than one person, and in college
as well. And large bathrooms for whole floors of students. Big shower
rooms, where they don't wear clothes. In regular public schools,
physical education classes change and shower together in large locker
rooms. If you are naked there, why bother with clothes at home with the
same people?" He said, "True?" I said, "I am not able to lie." He said,
"I don't believe that." I said, "If you stay here, you will. You will
find out the hard way that lying damages the mind, and if you do it,
you won't learn as much and as fast as the other students who don't
lie. When you progress far enough, you will be able to feel that
happening in your mind. Further, and you just won't do it, because it's
not part of you anymore. And trust your emotion sense. You can FEEL I'm
not lying."
He said, "The sex thing. That's really wrong!" I said, "You don't
have to do that, but you DO have to respect the rights of others who
want to. And don't think it's just in this school. It happens in homes,
in other boarding schools, and in summer camps. Wherever boys gather
where adults can't er, yell at them, that happens a lot. I never really
figured out why adults who were boys, and did that then, seem to not
remember that at all. Ask them, and they get all funny looking." He
laughed, and said, "I've seen some of that." I said, "Here we don't do
stupid. We do what's normal. Some people disagree with that, but they
can't give any real reasons for why. THAT'S what we think is wrong." He
thought a little, and said, "You're REALLY smart." I said, "Thanks, but
so are you. And that's a problem. You're used to being smarter than
everybody else. Here, you're not. That's going to take some getting
used to. But remember, we have ALL here been through that. You are not
alone with who you are. NEVER AGAIN!" We cried together in our hug. I
gave him all my love, and he said, "Wow!" I said, "We really do hear
that a lot. Imagine going to sleep in that kind of hug." He said, "Oh!
I understand now! Better without clothes." He touched my chest, and
said, "Alive. Clothes are dead. I have to change my feelings!" I said,
"Not stupid for real!" He grinned and laughed. He snuggled up against
me, and said, "I love you." I said, "And I love you. Here, we all love
each other. It's part of who we are. The best part, I think." He nodded
agreement.
Later with Dex, he said, "Ed showed me what happened with the
nakedness issue. I couldn't have done that. Ed said he couldn't. You
did. Can you tell me how?" I said, "It's bad enough that people
embarrass me, but now you want me to do that to MYSELF?" He said, "Even
said that way, yes. I'm sorry, but for our own use and improvement, we
need to know." I said, "Stop being rational!" He laughed. I said,
"These kids are the most intelligent in the world, even if they don't
act it. Give them something their intelligence can work with, and it
has to. No escape. Attack the subject from different directions. That
engages their minds more. Invoke fairness. They KNOW how it is to be
treated unfairly. Show you respect them and their intelligence. Be
totally frank. They will know if you're hiding something. Be patient.
Anything negative from you in the feelings they sense, and they will
fixate on that. For some, touch helps. Show common humanity, and most
of all, love. Got it? Oh. Too fast. Here's a crystal, including what I
said to him." He said, "Thanks. Everybody does things, but hardly
anybody can say exactly why, like you did. They said you always can.
Can you tell me why?" I said, "My special interest. Cognitive and neuro
developmental psychology. I study these things as related to social
activities almost continuously, and I've been doing this as far back as
I can remember in this life, with me as my first and continuing
subject. I know. I say it, too. Wow!" He nodded mutely, still in awe.
I asked for a private meeting with the Israeli Foreign Minister. They
wanted to know why in advance, but I wouldn't tell them. Finally, they
granted the meeting. I ported to his office. His secretary was there. I
said, "If this is what you think is private, I'm afraid to ask what you
think is public. Perhaps I should tell you that this is not about
anything you or your country has done. Such happiness is to be
treasured for all time." Embarrassed laughter. I said, "Your assistant
may stay." We exchanged polite things, and sat. I said, "I have been
asked, much to my embarrassment, to present to you from another
country, an offer to establish recognition and normal relations." I let
that sink in for a while. I said, "If your curiosity were a fire, the
whole city would be burned to a crisp." Laughter. He said, "I have to
say we really enjoy your humor. What you said to the Senators in the
museum was priceless." I said, "Er, thank you. That's similar to what
the Saudi royal family said to me just yesterday." That really captured
his attention. I nodded. He said, "Wow!" I said, "Absolutely. I didn't
know they would do anything like that when they asked to meet with me.
May I play for you the pertinent parts of that meeting?" He said,
"Please!" I did. More wows.
He said, "That remark about education, for the language. We really
relate to that." I said, "You know I do." He nodded. He said, "This is
unexpected." I said, "Oh, tell me!" He grinned and said, "I see the
awkwardness of your position. A new role for you." I said, "Yes. And
they want it played up really big in the press. I think part of that
could be some kind of personal revenge on me, for some of the other
comments I made. Well, they had asked for advice on other issues." He
grinned really hard. He said, "Such advice we are careful not to ask
for." I said, "So we've noticed. But you should know, this is the
reason for which they asked to see me, and I gave no advice on that.
None needed, except my plea to find somebody else. I need to know if
your desire for publicity equals theirs. Er, despite my own personal
desires." He chuckled and said, "I expect that it will be so. I need to
discuss this with my superiors." I said, "Stand well back." He grinned
and nodded. I said, "For best results, this should be a real secret,
not even rumors (I looked at the secretary), until I can break the news
as I should." He said, "I agree. We will see that it is so, unlike what
some of us told about a change in plans after your father died. I
apologize for that. I was against it." I said, "Thanks. I should make a
confession. No, I'm NOT a Catholic!" He laughed. I said, "I did the
stopping of the Gaza missile attacks. And I told my mother about your
country's plans at that time. I asked her to do what she did, being
that I was a Rabbi, and that could cause some er, unusual feelings if I
did it. She was out in the galaxy then, dealing with their reaction to
the event." He said, "Thank you for the information. I appreciate your
position, and your candor." I said, "She was really angry. Not likely
to happen again any time soon. That was his last life and death."
He said, "He really is with God?" I said, "More like a part of God.
Complicated. Most like him stay around and help manage the afterlife
and reincarnations for their own species. He's gone on to manage the
whole galaxy as supervisor. And he's having the time of his, er
existence. Yes, he has communicated with us. And he's still watching
us, and loves my humor as much as anybody, just as God loved his." He
said, "I'm glad." I said, "Who will you be talking about this to?" He
said, "The Prime Minister, and the President." I said, "These crystals
work only for you and them, and contain a recording of selected parts
of this meeting. And to provide some things of possibly lighter
interest, they also include my full museum series and other TV shows.
They might want to view some of those in private, or their behavior
might cause some to question their sanity." He grinned, and said, "I
understand. Thank you." I offered to hug them, and they accepted. After
helping them to sit, I ported away.
Two days later, I was asked to another meeting in Israel. This time,
the Prime Minister was there, too. After polite things he said, "Is
this for real?" I said, "I asked them that. Their emotions said they
are sincere." He nodded. He said, "Do you think they decided this
mostly because they could involve you in it?" I sighed, and said,
"You're a politician. You're not supposed to be that intelligent." They
laughed. I said, "I think they wanted to do this, but were reluctant to
do it in the normal way, probably afraid of rejection or being accused
of ulterior motives. Then I became famous and respected by both sides.
They jumped at that like a fish to a honey coated fly." They looked at
me oddly. I said, "Alright, you don't have to say it. You really know
who I am now." They laughed. I said, "The religion issue is real. You
two are more closely related than any other major religions, even in
the reformed and orthodox practices. Separation of men and women, for
instance, and no pork. And you're in the same geographic neighborhood,
and they actually helped a little in the past. Different hats, though.
And they like one of my past lives better than Jews do." He said, "We
already know one, and suspect the other." I said, "The one you suspect,
they are more certain of, with a little assistance. Not for the
public." They nodded.
The PM said, "We'll do it. Ministry on both sides will work with you
on the public part. The President is with us, mostly because of you. A
big fan." I said, "Er, anything he's in, has to involve er, big."
Chuckles. I said, "Bet he never misses an Oneg Shabbat." The PM said,
"Actually, that's true. May be just political. Or not." We grinned. I
said, "For meetings, I can port people, or just use images. I guarantee
safety as long as I'm directly involved. Unless you sprain something
when laughing." He said, "I noticed they have a good sense of humor.
Good." I said, "A lot of that is due to the King. They REALLY follow
his lead while with him, as if their lives depend on it, which it just
might. I warned him about that being the cause of most of his
government's foolish actions. He can't get good contrary advice." He
said, "Understood. We'll have to be careful with that." I looked
straight at him very seriously, and said, "But he MIGHT take it from a
friendly equal." He looked a little surprised, and very thoughtful. I
said, "Yes, there is always more in every situation. I try to be aware
of ALL of it, always." They looked at me with a lot of respect. I said,
"If you want to get involved that way, you must be brutally candid
about your own country, and never lie. Who knows, he might even have
some good advice for you, too. Well, he should know things about some
countries that would be dangerous for you to find out about directly.
And you both wish Iran never existed." There were some interesting
emotions and expressions going on. I said, "Interesting. I have a
strange image of your minds being like soccer stadiums full of
calculators." They grinned and nodded. I said, "Just go slow. They
won't respect over eager begging." He said, "I agree. More than ever
now, we want this to work." I said, "And not just because I said so? So
little respect a messenger gets." They chuckled. We hugged, and set a
date for the two States to meet.
I ported with the Israeli Minister to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. I did
the introductions to the Minister there. I said, "If you want, I will
insure that this meeting is private, if you promise not to do any naked
dancing." They looked at me oddly. Saudi said, "Good. Now we know it's
you." They grinned at each other, while I sighed. I said, "If you want
personal recordings for reference, I can add it to your crystals." They
both wanted that. I said, "And one more thing?" I looked at the Saudi,
and he looked really embarrassed. He turned off his recorder. We
discussed some general things, then the Israeli said to me, "You've
already decided what we'll do. So, what is it?" The Saudi grinned and
nodded. I said, "Sometimes it's a disadvantage to be so well known.
Here are my ideas." I told them, and explained why. They looked at me
with a lot of respect. Saudi said, "You really plan very thoroughly!" I
said, "Sure. What's the good of doing something not in the best way?
And I know, and I think you both know, this could be a very special
moment in history. We HAVE to do this well." Israel said, "I agree.
Play it up in the media!" I said, "And don't think I won't put some
humor in it." Saudi said, "We expect that, and look forward to that
with interest." They both nodded. I said, "Now we have some work to do.
I have to arrange for the media to actually do what I want, and you
both need to inform your bosses. And one more thing. You want to have a
talk without me around." They both looked surprised, then embarrassed.
I said to the Israeli, "Push this button while you are standing, and
I'll port you back. I won't watch, except for a background automatic
danger monitor. Have fun." I stood and ported to the school. George was
watching the meeting for me. He pushed his memory of that to me when
the button was pushed and I did the porting.
Then I ported back to the Saudi. I said, "We should talk. I feel
emotions. That includes sexual feelings. No, I'm not angry. Far from
it. Flattered, actually. I have no problems with any sexual feelings.
Perspective. I've felt some feelings in others I do NOT want to
remember, believe me!" He nodded, a little relieved. I said, "You knew
I would know. You did get your point across very er, strongly at our
last meeting." He had to grin. I said, "So, a warning. You need to be a
little more careful about how you express your feelings about me in
front of others. I'm sure, and I think you know too, the Israeli
suspects. He won't care, but your own people probably will." He said,
"Religious privilege?" I said, "Yes. I have just informed my monitor
not to listen." He nodded and said, "I had heard about that. Yes, I am
a homosexual. It is very much against our customs." I said, "In
actions, yes, but in feelings, maybe, if expressed. And you are very
much not alone, as anybody here is well aware of, who has used a public
convenience. VERY er, hard to miss that." He said with a half smile, "I
know, more than I should. My wife knows, but will not share that
knowledge." I said, "I feel for you, that you cannot be all who you
are. I can't change that, but I can offer you some other possible
assistance. You know I'm keeping a danger watch on you and the er,
other guy. I can extend that indefinitely for you, and to include
possible exposure, so I can warn you of that, if necessary." He said,
"I don't know how to thank you. I have somebody." I said, "Shared
danger is multiplied danger." He said, "Wise statement, but the
condition is beyond correction now." I said, "Got a picture?" He did,
and showed it to me. I said, "I know him now. A good man. You are both
blessed in your love, if not in appreciation by your culture. I have
added him to the danger list, with the same conditions as for you. You
knew I would." He had tears, and said, "I hoped. That was all." I said,
"You know me better than that." He nodded, with more tears.
I said, "Does he know you love me?" He grinned and said, "Yes. We
share that condition." I said with a sigh, "You might be surprised by
how much of that there is, and by those who were really surprised they
could feel that for a man. I hug a lot of people!" He laughed. He said,
"It is said that you use disguises, and that no one sees what you
really look like." I said, "That is partially true. There is a part of
me that is uncommon, and would cause me to be almost instantly
recognized if I didn't use disguises. I know your secret. It is fair
that you know mine, which is to remain a secret. Here I am." He said,
"Your eyes! I understand. Oh, a thought." I said, "Your thought is
actually correct. No, I didn't read your mind. It was not difficult to
deduce that. It's why my father never published anything about that
life. He was my son. One of many. I think you know how that works,
yourself." He said, "Yes. I have to have an assistant to help me know
which relation is which." I said, "If the King finds out your secret, I
think he will keep it if he can. He loves and respects you, or he would
not have given this position to one so young." He said, "I had hoped.
Thank you." I said, "Just a guess, but if I offered to hug you again,
you might not refuse?" He grinned. Then he looked surprised, and said,
might have noticed." He cried and said, "I don't understand how you can
care so much to think of that and me." We hugged and I blessed him, and
then I ported home.
Mom, Chad, and Hawk hugged me with love. She said, "I have to agree.
Your degree of care and thoughtfulness is amazing." I said, "No effort.
It's just who I am. But weren't you supposed to not be watching?" They
looked really embarrassed. I said, "I'm serious." Hawk said, "But we
learn so much from you." I said, "I see. You'll learn more, if that
happens again." Chad said, "Is that actually a threat?" I said, "Nope.
Just a simple statement. I trusted you to honor this. But I won't stop
doing it when it's needed. So I will do it in a way which works.
Unfortunately, that also prevents good monitoring. Bet you're wondering
what I'd do. Now you're wondering if I'm going to tell you. Nope. Now
you're wondering if you'll be able to detect and discover how I would
manage that. Won't tell you that, either." My big grin caused some
laughter in their frustration.
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