Solomon's Private File #216
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 25 in this story, in the Summer of 2051.
Solomon's Private File #216 "Adept Against Stone"
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Kam said to me in our high security contact method, "They're still in
shock." I said, "You knew they would ask about me, and I would have to
tell them something." She said, "Which you knew before coming. Neither
of us knew what God would say." I said, "When I finished, I suspected.
He wouldn't waste that special meeting on something ordinary. I bet
they still don't know what He really meant." She said, "I'm not sure
myself. Time issue complicates things." I said, "Don't I know it!"
Chuckles. I said, "And of the various things we suspect, I haven't a
clue how they would work." She said, "You will when it happens." I
said, "Could even be that knowing would cause it." She said, "Wait a
while for that." I said, "Sure. At least they didn't ask what the
multiple bodies meant." She said, "Daren and George know something of
it. Mom and Hawk, too." I said, "They think they know. They can't
understand the reality of it, because there is no reality of it, and
that's what they can't understand." She said, "Ouch! You did that
deliberately!" We laughed, and exchanged love.
A presidential candidate called me and said, "You put a block in my
campaign. My campaign platform is against abortion." I said, "So am I,
but not to a fanatical level. Absolute positions are seldom realistic,
but we both know the public eats them up." He said, "I didn't expect
that from you." I said, "Stop doing that! If you always knew what I
would say, I wouldn't need to say anything." He chuckled. I said, "With
the current Supreme Court, you have NO chance of turning the tide. That
doesn't have to stop you from trying, and winning some like minded
voters, if that's what you want to do. I won't call you out on that.
Would be interference. But even without that show, polls show you won't
win a majority of people with it." He said, "So it's true. You don't
take political sides, even against a staunch Conservative." I said,
"Did you say starched?" He chucked. I said, "You should know that from
the approvals." He said, "I haven't asked yet." I said, "I know what
you want. Sorry, not in advance. Just that, is part of the process. I
know, frustrating." He chuckled. We set up a time, and he was approved,
much to his surprise.
The President asked to meet with me. I shifted to his office. He
said, "I'm unsure which of the candidates to support." I just grinned.
He said, "Oh. Okay, that's all." We chuckled. I said, "Why isn't the VP
running?" He said, "I know. They usually do. He said he wants to be
with his family. With that family, I don't know why!" I said, "Who
knows, he might have some extra families stashed in different places.
No, I don't know that. Just interesting speculation. What are YOU going
to do after this?" He said, "I don't know. If a Democrat wins, I could
be involved a little bit. Unlikely a Republican would want me anywhere
near them." I said, "I wouldn't rule that out. I've approved some.
They're capable of it. Point is, doing nothing is probably not good for
you. Better to decide on real options before it happens." He said,
"There is one thing. I'll be involved in setting up my official
library." I said, "Need help specific to me, ask. You've had a good
run. Better than most. Hope the next one doesn't ruin everything." He
said with a grin, "You won't let them. Could be fun to watch if they
try." I said, "Oh yes!" We hugged with love, and I left.
I asked to see State, privately. I said, "You aren't running for a
promotion." She said, "Standard. Active State doesn't." I said, "Not
official." She said, "Right, Personal decision. I don't want the
problems of actually running. More, of losing." I said, "I don't blame
you. Got time, though." She said, "I'm relatively young. We'll see what
the next President does. Know?" I said, "I don't know, even a little
bit. Might after the primaries. Problem is they have mouths." She
laughed. I said, "And some might take screwing the public, literally."
She laughed hard. She said, "What Johnson did. Expect?" I said, "Nope.
Had no contact since. Blowing his top in public didn't help your party
any." She said, "We'll live. You here. Something to it?" I said, "We
don't like to see good people wasted." She had a few tears. We hugged
with love.
I asked to see the Director of FEMA. I said, "Complaint?" He grinned
and said, "No. All fine." I said, "Got plans?" He said, "I don't know
my options." I said, "You know if the Dems win, you'll probably be
asked to stay. The other side could be terrorized to do the same." He
chuckled. I said, "Other jobs? Sky's the limit, depending on politics.
There are positions other than in US government. I can't imagine that
the UN wouldn't love to have you, but that could kill your future in
American politics." He said, "Probably. I'm a Republican." I said, "Ha!
I didn't know." He said, "I have to like that about you. You could
snoop and you don't. And you wouldn't have cared if you had known." I
said, "Hey, I came here to embarrass YOU, not be embarrassed myself."
Chuckles. I said, "I know you. Staying here isn't enough now. You've
got more to give."
He said, "I'm thinking of running for Governor when it comes open." I
said, "Which state?" He said, "I have two homes. Tough choice. Alaska
or Virginia." I said, "Probably easy win up North. Frozen love. More to
win, South. Warm respect." He said, "Well said, with so few words!" I
said, "Er, thanks. Been told I'm an artist with words. Should
practice." Chuckles. I said, "You might check with your party chair,
and start building support. And your family. Whatever you do in this,
you will have my support. Be unusual in a politician." He said,
"Inducement to run, just to see that happen." We grinned at each other.
We hugged with love.
I said to Daren, "Got orders. I don't expect to be all gone, but I
won't be monitored out there." He said, "Got it. Have fun." I nodded
and left. I shifted to meet with the king stone. I said, "One of your
bonded people is in trouble." He said, "With an originator?" I said,
"Civilian Adept. He turned to the Dark. Stone couldn't stop it, and is
blocked now." He said, "Oh. How do you know?" I said, "Big Boss. Got a
mission. I thought the king should know. Ha! I liked doing that." He
projected amusement. My stone said, "I didn't know!" I said, "Wouldn't
work if you had." Frustration and amusement. We shared love.
I shifted to a strange dimension and a strange world. It had very
heavy gravity, and an atmosphere so thick you could actually swim in
it, if you wanted to. People had webbed hands and feet, and wore no
clothes, just straps with pouches. Many of them were half psionic, and
some were Basic Adepts. I made my presence to be like them, at a little
more than basic, including the aura, with some Ki flowing. I was
noticed. I spent time in the local taverns over a few days, letting
myself be known. While I wasn't exactly unfriendly, I wasn't the best
of company. One evening, a man came to my table. He was thin facing me,
but wide in profile, brilliant red in color, with streaks of yellow in
his fine fish-like scales. With his protruding mouth, he said to me,
"My superior wants to meet with you." I said, looking around, "Which
one is he?" He said, "He is not here." I said, "Oh. Go away." He said,
said, "You WILL go. In which number of pieces, is up to you." Some in
the near tables were amused. He was frightened. He left.
The next day, he came again to see me in another place. He said, "My
superior wants to invite you to his home." I said, "I already have a
home. I don't need another. Go away." He didn't argue, and left. Kam,
who was linked to me, laughed. I said to her, "Careful when he's around
me." She said, "Right."
The next day, as I was walking, my target, concealed in the entrance
of a store, tried to hold me with PK. His effort slid off of my own PK
shield. I gave him an obscene gesture. That made him angry, but he
didn't know I could sense that. He couldn't keep from feeling impressed
that I could sense where the grab attempt came from. I said to my
stone, "Can you talk to his stone without alerting his bonded?" He
said, "I don't know. Could be better not to risk it." I said, "If I
remove his psionics, how will his stone feel about it?" He said, "I
don't fully know. Not good, at a minimum." I said, "I've decided. No,
I'm not going to tell you. Temptation to interfere." He said, "Probably
better this way." I said, "Growing up, are you?" He attempted to send
me a rude noise. We shared humor.
That night, I made sure the Adept would stay asleep. I ported his
stone to me. I said to it, "Let's talk. I've been ordered to do
something about this. Got any ideas, requests?" He said, with a feeling
like crying, "I failed! I can't do anything with him! He suspects I've
tried, and has blocked me." I said, "If he were to lose his psionics?
Would you stay with him?" He said, "I am bonded. I don't want to leave
him. I can't want to." I said, "But without his psionics, you would
have very limited access to his senses." He said, "I understand, but I
must stay with him." I said, "I have decided. It will be a little
better than you think. Be calm. I care." I gave him my love. I ported
him back. My stone said, "I don't see your plan, and I don't see what
you can do, but the worst." I said, "The worst isn't the end." He said,
"I very much don't like it when you are enigmatic." I said, "Now you
know how I feel with the Boss." Humor.
The next day, the Adept walked beside me. He said, "I would like to
talk with you." I said, "I don't care what you would like." He said
with some frustration, "We are not so different. Together, we can both
become stronger." I said, "I am already stronger. I don't need to be
that with anybody." He said, "You are not stronger than I. I could
teach you some things." I said, "And what would they be?" He said,
"Such things should not be spoken of in public." I said, "Good. Don't."
He was very frustrated. I walked into a tavern. He didn't follow. My
too." Humor.
The next day, he walked with me again. I said to him, "All around you
can feel your frustration. Why do you have it? You said we are not
different. If I am like you, and you are frustrated with who I am, you
are therefore frustrated with who you are." He stopped dead in his
tracks, his emotions tumbling. Then he tried to grab me with his PK,
harder than last time, but with the same results. I said behind me,
simply, "Don't be a fool." He wandered away. My stone said, "Wow!" I
said to him, "Why so?" He said, "I don't know what your goal is for
these encounters, but I have to admire how you're doing it!" I said,
"Thanks. More evidence I know people better than you?" He said, "You
won't let us forget that." I said, "Actually, correct. How many times
have you already? I can't risk more serious damage in a mission." He
said, "Yes. I shouldn't have said that." I said, "I can't act without
him having the choice not to cause me just cause." He said, "I now see
part of that. Thank you. There is more I don't see." I said, "Yep."
Humor.
The next day he said, walking with me, "I have been unable to
discover where you go after you leave a tavern." I said, "Why do you
need to tell me something I have no interest in?" He said, "Are you
saying these things to cause me frustration?" I said, "Not fully, but
that IS an added benefit." He had to chuckle. He said, "I want to learn
from you." I said, "Such honesty is new to you. Unfamiliar feeling?"
More frustration. He said, "You will not teach me?" I said, "I could
say I won't, but I don't need to. You cannot learn from me. You will
not let yourself do it." He said, "I sense something of the truth of
that. Do you know why?" I said, "Yes. You have done some things which
has caused blockages in your mind. You have limited your own abilities
that way. This is causing your stone to not be able to work for you."
He said, "How can you know that?" I said, "You can't know that until
you can learn from me, and then you would already know. Stop it! You
know I don't lie. Pride is your enemy. This is enough for today." He
stopped walking, and I continued.
My stone said, "You have hidden much from me! We are here a day
between each time, but I have no memory of the time between these
encounters!" I said, "That's because that time hasn't existed for us
here." He said, "You can manipulate time?" I said, "It's not like that.
I can't tell you. There is nothing in this that you can understand.
Your er, big one can do something like this, but I can do it better."
He said, "That helps, a little." I said, "Nice to know." Amusement. Kam
was laughing.
The next day, we walked together. He said, "I have come to realize
you ARE teaching me." I said, "The wise know that all they experience,
teaches them. The unwise, remain so." He said, "You are wise." I said,
"I've been called worse." He laughed. He said, "I find you more
likable." I said, "Another reflection of you." He looked absolutely
stunned. When he could, he said, "You have been showing me myself!" I
said, "Now THAT is wise." He actually felt some humility. I said, "Tell
me, do you like yourself better?" He thought a little, and said, "I see
that I do. Those blockages, are they becoming less?" I said, "Oh, I am
SO exposed!" He laughed well. I said, "Humor aids in healing, and it
costs much less than other remedies." He said, "I think I see that. The
things I did that caused the damage in me, where they negative acts?" I
said, "You know that." He said, "I see that I do. What more can I do to
heal them?" I said, "You know that, too. Healing works better, both
ways." He said, "I understand. And something else. You are more than I
thought." I said, "You know this because you now can think better." He
had a feeling of gratitude. He said, "I must go now. There are things I
should do." I said, "Yes. Be careful, but honest, and you will succeed.
I will be here tomorrow." He left.
My stone poured love all over my mind. I said "What was that for?" He
said, "You could have just removed his psionics. You didn't need to do
all this work. You are doing it for his stone. I have to give you love
for that, for us." I said, "Incorrectly given. I am doing what is
right. It is for the man as well. And all he might encounter. With
success, the man can then help others. THAT is what is right." He said
with even more love, "I am corrected. Thank you."
The next day, the Adept came to walk with me. He said, "They forgave
me! Something happened in that, that caused a difference. I didn't know
how that would change me, but it has! I feel in a strange way." I said,
"It is love you feel. Some of it is for me, some is for those you met
with, some is for all, and the most important thing is you have
discovered that you are able to love yourself again." He said, "That is
true!" I said, "It is unfortunate we can't see our own auras. Would you
like to see yours as it was, and as it is now?" He said, "I don't know
how you can do that, but yes, I would like to see them." I said, "I
will project them as illusions. None here will see anything unusual but
you. Here you were, and there is how you are now." He said, "Wow!" I
said, "I hear that often." He chuckled. He said, "It's bigger and more
er, ordered." I said, "Now you know how I knew of you, and how others
of your abilities knew. It showed in your aura." He said, "I never knew
that. It explains some things." I said with a grin, "It sure does." He
said, "How are others not seeing these pictures?" I said, "When I made
them, I set in my mind that only you and I could see them. How they are
made is simple. You form the picture in your mind, and then shove it
out into the air, with what restrictions you want for them in your
will. It takes much practice to do it well, and without tiring
yourself. It's very useful in aiding education." He said, "That is
valuable knowledge. Will you teach me more?" I said, "No, I will not.
You will find another teacher, now that you can learn. Teachers such as
I, need students, more than students need us. One will find you soon."
He was in awe. I said, "There is one more thing to do. I have helped
your stone to better work for you. Do you feel its love?" He said, "I
do! I didn't know it lived." I said, "Well, it knew. Be good and
deserving of it's love. Listen to its advice, even though it will only
be in feelings. It will never do wrong to you. When you leave this
life, it will accept no other, but will bond with you again when your
spirit returns in a new body." He said, "Who ARE you?" I said, "I am
who I am. When you gain in power and wisdom, so your stone can speak to
you in words, it will tell you. Er, judging from past experience, it
will do that even if I ask it not to. None can see me now but you. I
will allow you to see me as much as you are able to, before I go." I
did that, and he gasped at my gigantic blazing aura, and was stunned by
my flow of Ki. I gave him my full love, and said, "Go and be good.
Learn and teach well when you can. Please don't tell others about me.
Why strain their belief? They will know me as much as they can, when
they need to." I left.
My stone said to me, "I didn't think it was possible that you could
do what you did with him." I said, "I didn't think either way. I just
did what I should. But I think you know it was much more difficult than
it looked." He said, "Being impossible, that would be included." I
said, "You can't see it in this space, but the future will be much
improved for this world, because of this." He had a lot of surprise. He
said, "So that's why God told you to come here!" I said, "You know he
doesn't waste his people. You should have at least suspected it." He
said, "Yes, I should have. It is a privilege beyond what I'm capable of
expressing, that I can experience you, with you." I said, "I'm not too
I growled." We laughed and shared love, and Kam did both with us.
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