Solomon's Private File #421
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 34 in this story, in the Winter of 2060-2061.
Solomon's Private File #421 "A Spy No More"
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the largest associations of worlds in that area of the galaxy, and the
source of most of the originally colonized worlds and other
associations. He tried not to appear startled. I said, "Good effort."
He grinned. I said, "There is an old saying that the one eyed man in
the land of the blind, is king. That's not realistic. They knew of it,
he would be torn apart. Your spots removal giving you trouble?" He
grinned wider, and said, "Yes it has!" I said, "And enhanced your
standing with some." He said, "That, too." I said, "Want some more for
that?" He said, "Absolutely!" I told him about the healing broadcasts.
Then I said, "There are possibilities for your er, enhancement in this,
which assists my goals. With your mission to that lonely spots
producing planet, you have forged a friendship that gives you favored
status with them, which includes them agreeing to ask me to do this for
your Empire first, after them. It will, of course, remove the spots for
all. While I am not OF them, I did visit them first, out of
appreciation for their dedication to supplying superior education to
the exceptional people of all worlds." He grinned almost impossibly
wider, "That would help!" I said, "This favored first thing is
predicated on that it's agreed to, and faster than most stupid ruling
systems are able to waste their years in endless useless debates." He
had to laugh.
I said, "Gave you the candy to use, now the stick. If it's not
decided in a reasonable time, or not approved, I will make that known
to the people, and who is personally responsible for them not being
healed. Somehow they won't be allowed to escape the anger of the
people." He said, "Even better!" I said, "Here's some recordings you
can use from the Assembly on Norse." He said, "Thank you!"
I said, "Now for something completely different. You have a spy there
I want released. Very soon, she's not going to be usable by anybody,
even herself, without special help. Matri Sindrip." He said, "We have
thousands of spies. I don't know all of them. But her, I do. One of our
best, but also the most troublesome. Highly educated and competent, but
severely lacking in discipline, reassigned to there for a er, rest.
Mental issues?" I said, "Yes. She might start shooting at ghosts at any
time. If she can be salvaged, she might have a place at the Institute.
Such intelligence shouldn't be wasted." He said, "I understand. I'll
put a priority on that, but communicating that to her will take more
time than I think you will want." I said, "You don't need to hint. You
know I'll get it to her the moment it's ready. No, I won't do that for
anything but my own projects. Stop thinking that." He laughed.
He said, "I'll write something now you can use immediately, with full
conformation coming later." I said, "Then I don't have to request it."
He chuckled, and did that. I bowed and left.
I sat down at an occupied table at a restaurant known as a popular
place for spies. I carefully managed my presence to be the equal of her
in psionics, as she could sense of me. She said, "Go away. I'm not
looking for anything social." I said, "While I'm known to be very
social, I'm not here for that." She said, "I don't do business here." I
grinned, and said, "Not with all your er, competitors watching so
intently." She let her amusement show a little, and nodded. I said,
"Something happened to you in the healing broadcast. I'm here about
that." She almost lost her control. I said, "That was close." She said,
"You have the same er, issues?" I said, "Something like that. More, I
can help you sort things out." She said, "I don't need any help!" I
said, "All people need help for something, and for this issue, all
people do. Bad things can happen, without help. Most important for you,
is loss of control over things you don't presently understand. You know
I'm not lying. One more thing. I am not of this world, and I'm not a
spy. In fact, I don't work for any government."
She said, "I assume you know who I work for, and why. I can't leave
those commitments." I said, "I plan ahead." I gave her the PMs letter.
She knew the seal was real. I said, "Conformation through channels will
take longer." She said, "Everything would take longer than the
impossible! The date!" I said, "And it's correct. A little bit of
philosophy; all that is known now, was previously impossible.
Assumptions aren't reality. You will know more of that truth, if you
allow me to help you." She said, "Are you a doctor?" I said, "I'm a lot
of things. Some of them, including that one, can be mentioned in polite
company." She grinned.
She said, "This isn't the best place to discuss private things. Nor
is my room, unless I sweep for new devices." I said, "As I will it, we
will be as private as we want to be, wherever we are. I see some lack
of belief. Reasonable. It can be tested now, actually. If you would
make some kind of noticeable event, you will see what kind of reaction
that generates, or not." She nodded, and said loudly, "Ouch! Something
bit me!" I said, "That could be arranged." She laughed. Nobody noticed.
I said, "You know it wasn't their control that caused them to not
react. Being not job related, they would have to react, to look
normal." She said, "I agree. How?" I said, "You're a very good martial
artist, but not at the top level. I am. The will of a Senior Master of
Ki can influence others, and most so, in what would be involved in
fighting. Not being noticed, is one of those things. No, you can't feel
my Ki. I'm directing it away from you. It's so strong, it would make
yours unstable and unhealthy in your current state. And I prefer to
interact with people as equals, not as a Master."
She said, "I've heard of the ability to be unnoticed, in advanced
Masters. You've convinced me. Where should we go to?" I said, "Anywhere
you know of that you wish, where they wouldn't be shooting at us. I
don't care for loud noises." She smiled, and said, "Anywhere? Even on a
different planet?" I said, "I never lie, and I try to communicate
accurately. So, that would be yes. But I do have a preference." She
said, "Even the middle of a star?" I said, "The shielding in that place
would have to be so complete, you wouldn't be able to verify the
location." She said with interest, "Have you actually been there?" I
said, "Not in the center, but inside a sun, yes. Easier to see how they
work." She said, "A black hole?" I said, "The center of a black hole
doesn't actually exist as your kind of beings understand reality."
She said, "You know what I'm thinking." I said, "I do, and it's not
by choice." She said, "Your preference for the place?" I said, "Where
there are no minds close by to distract you. An unused classroom at the
Institute would be useful and secure." She said, "Oh, you work there?"
I said, "When we go there, I will. If I ask for the room, the President
wouldn't think of refusing. Not with his kind of curiosity. I am not
employed by any material entity. Ready to go?" She said, "Yes." She
paid for her drink. I said, "In leaving, they will see you, but not me.
Better you ignore me, so they won't think you're more er, unusual than
er, usual." She suppressed her laughter. We walked out, and kept moving
for half a block. She said, "You have transportation?" I said, "I do.
Ready for something unusual?" She grinned, and said, "No, but what is
it?" I said, "Instant transportation. You're here, the next second
you're there. It's very convenient." She said, "Teleportation?" I said,
"If you do it, yes, but that word doesn't apply to when someone does it
to you. That word is 'aport'." She said, "You are Solomon." I said, "I
hope you didn't think I was unaware of that." She grinned, and said,
"I'm ready!"
Then we were in a previously empty classroom. She looked around, and
nodded. She said, "You told the Assembly you didn't teleport." I said,
"Correct. I didn't say I couldn't, though. And I don't, usually, even
though it can look like it. I didn't this time. Please be seated." We
did that. I said, "The healing doesn't just affect damaged parts, but
brain and some mental issues, too. Your psionic abilities were blocked.
That caused you some reduced mental health, including unfocused
frustration. Your life was missing something important, but you
couldn't know what it was. Now you're beginning to." She said, "Yes, I
realize that now. I see auras now sometimes." I said, "If I let you see
mine as much as you could perceive, you would be in trouble. Your
abilities would be shocked all the way open, making you very
disoriented and sick. Unprepared, you would have assumed you were being
attacked." She said, "Oh! This is serious! I understand now why you've
been so careful." I said, "If any of my students had come into your
presence, that would have happened. They would have been unmasked, and
you would be, er, in big trouble with the authorities." She laughed,
and said, "I like the way you speak. Yes, I have to agree, you've
handled this well."
I said, "Now to the actual help. There is a procedure that will er,
soothe your psionics, and order them properly. It requires no effort on
your part, and causes no harm. It will also prevent you from having
that sick feeling that you've had a few times since the healing. Then
there is the control issue. Without proper training, your abilities
will give you some unintended er, experiences. Some of them could be
amusing. Only to others." She said, "Such as?" I said, "With PK,
clothes moving on their own. Feeling how others feel, and really not
wanting to. Projecting some of your own feelings onto others, when you
REALLY don't want to. Orgasms should be voluntary." She laughed loudly.
I said, "And this can even happen in your sleep. We have a simple way
to prevent all that. A set of implanted compulsions that prevent
accidental use of psionics. You can revue them before accepting. I
recommend it. All my students have it, and I started that way myself."
She said, "I think I should have that."
I said, "Yes. Now to your future. You know it's going to change.
Feeling how others feel, will interfere with your occupation. You will
NOT want to hurt people." She said, "I'm beginning to understand that
now." I said, "And you WILL want to know all about this subject. I
really know how that is." She grinned, and said, "Yes!" I said, "But
you're too competent of a person to waste your life solely in self
absorbed study. You need a mission. We have a school on this world for
people like us, but there is an issue with you. We start training as
children. You're a little late for that. Some things you might not
learn as well as others who started while their minds were more
flexible." She said, "Will I be able to teleport?" I said, "They ALL
ask that!" Chuckles. I said, "Some late starters have, but it took a
lot longer. We have some mind created and operated advanced tech that
we will be assisting this Institute with, next year. We need an
overseer of that. An adult. My students here are children, and so would
face some resistance to that here. You could also serve as a security
consultant. I see the question. You may report all you wish, but
nothing about my students. But I ask you not to. Your PM knows all you
would report. No others in that government should." She thought a
while, and then said, "I agree about the reporting. I know now how he
lost his spots." I said, "You're so sharp, have you ever cut yourself?"
She laughed.
I said, "Before you make more decisions, we should do the alignment.
It increases intelligence, which you might like to use later." She
said, "Are all your students so, er, pleasant?" I said, "Yes. It's part
of who we are. We love. If you will lie down, we will begin. I'll give
you a book after, that explains it." She did, and I did it. I said,
"Now you see auras all the time, and your abilities are fully reliable.
This is a crystal recording that contains the mind implants that you
can review before accepting, and some information on psionics. Use of
the crystal causes instant memorization. One more thing. It contains
compulsions that prohibit unjust use of psionics. We all have that in
us. Acceptance of that, unlocks the information books, and enables us
to accept you as a student in these things." She nodded. I said, "You
read it by putting it to your forehead. There is nothing hidden. We
don't do that." She nodded, and read it, and accepted the implants, and
read the books, and said, "Wow! A real science!" I said, "We hear that
a LOT." Chuckles.
I said, "You have a lot to learn, and of things you wouldn't expect.
To learn how to control and use your abilities well, you need to know
how they work. That means math and physics beyond what is known to
current science. Yes, it's going to be real work, and you'll do it as
intensely as you can be pushed to it, and you'll love it." Grins. I
said, "Being the only adult student is going to be a little awkward for
you. Some of the students will look to you for emotional support." She
said, "I understand. I'm going to be a mother!" I said, "There's
something else. We who see all without eyes, don't care about clothes."
She said, "Oh!" I said, "And feeling each others' sexual urges as our
own, we are moved to satisfy them. The young students in the first
class probably won't have that issue for a while. The teachers do. Yes,
we have a different kind of society, based on who we are. We know each
other to a depth that's just not possible for others to comprehend.
Part of that means we know who the leader is, because we can SEE the
qualities that are needed for that. In the school here, that would be
Etan, and he is known here, because his mother works here. Also, one of
that group is a martial arts teacher here. Top level. We require such
training in our students, just as they do here. I know you want to join
in that." She grinned, and said, "I do. This is just wonderful!" I
said, "We'll see if that remains true, with how your workload is going
to be."
I said, "You're thinking of privacy. What's that?" She grinned, and
said, "I get it." I said, "More than that. We monitor each other
outside of the school. Our first priority is to protect the people from
US, and others like us." she said, "Other priorities?" I said, "We
support the advancement of intelligent life. In part of that, we do not
allow interstellar war. We don't otherwise directly interfere in
societies, but we sometimes right injustices where it won't expose us.
If they knew we existed, it would cause them harm. In their fear, they
couldn't understand that we wouldn't want to rule and harm them. They
know they would, with our power." She said, "I wondered about that. Are
your students like you?" I said, "You know what I said in the assembly,
or you're not the expert spy you're supposed to be." She grinned, and
said, "Alright, yes I know. Your mind reading is inconvenient for
others." I said, "I don't read minds. I can, but I don't need to. I
wouldn't do that invasion of privacy if I had a choice. None of us
would." She said, "Then how?" I said, "I know as God knows. All, yes."
She said, "Wow!" I said, "That, too. It's much more a curse than a
blessing. No, none of my students are like that, and I have, well, a
lot. I'm not actually a corporeal being now. I was born, yes. Since
then I've been changed. I use bodies I create as I need them, and many
at a time. So, ready to go to the school? Monitoring. They know." She
nodded. We stood, and then we were there. The kids all had their big
grins on. Etan said, "You left something out." I said, "Yes, Etan, I
did. Better all of you be the first."
He said, "You would have a good reason." Chuckles. He offered to hug
her. She was very surprised at the love she felt. Then the other kids
did. Then it was my turn. I put a chair behind her, and helped her to
sit. I said, "The adventure of your new life begins!" I shifted out.
I said to Mast in his office, "So, we've got a new member of the
group." He said, "A valuable asset for us, in security." I said, "Yes.
I couldn't have managed the situation better if I tried, which tells me
there was another hand in it." He said, "Happen often?" I said,
"Probably more than I know. It would be nice if He told me, but He
likes to watch me work. Calls it training. ME!" He laughed. We hugged.
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