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Solomon's Private File #422
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 #422 "Emperor's Brain"
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to him, "You wanted to speak to me. Well, who else can you complain
to?" He grinned, and said, "That's true. The Emperor wants to see you."
I said, "Send him a picture?" He said, "He demands to meet with you." I
said, "So, who's his replacement?" He said, "His oldest son is next in
line, but not officially designated the heir, who isn't interested in
the position. None of his children are. One grandson is, but isn't
worthy." I said, "You've kept the presumptive heir informed, which the
Emperor wouldn't have approved. I'll meet with him first." He grinned,
and said, "As I predicted. I'll inform him now." He made the call, and
said to me, "He's agreed to see you now." I nodded, and shifted to that
office. I said, "I'm Solomon." He said, "I'm Kennam. Please be seated."
We did that. I said, "Your father demands to see me. That could result,
depending on how irrational he becomes, in his not being Emperor after
that."
He said, "You would kill him?" I said, "The list of what I'm not able
to do is extremely short, but that's one of them. I don't kill people.
I could install commands in his mind that would prevent him from lying,
or acting foolishly. That would probably make him unable to do much of
anything." He stared at me, and then burst out laughing loudly. When he
could, he said, "He blames the PM for the murder of my grandfather." I
said, "Well, somebody has to be blamed. Whoever ordered it should be
thanked by the surviving members of your family. Public needed revenge.
One target right away, most responsible, satisfied them, just barely.
If that hadn't happened, they would have demanded all of you to be
killed, and that could have happened, or the whole planet would have
been at war with itself, and the Empire would break up into waring
factions. Millions would have suffered and died on this planet, and
billions on others. The death of one man at the right time prevented
that. Unusually perceptive and brave person behind that."
He said, "I had some of those thoughts. Good to have them confirmed.
Could the Institute have killed us all?" I said, "Yes, and they were
about to. I convinced them not to." He said, "Could you have stopped
them?" I said, "Yes, but I prefer to allow people to make the right
choices. He did, but not in time to prevent the attack. I helped him to
contact his people who would be doing it, so he could order them not
to." He said, "But we did have a disease." I said, "The problem with
their so called 'defense' was that it was only an offense, and couldn't
be proved effective until used. That was a no-win paradox for them.
Deterrents don't work unless they're believed. Now it is, and that was
the only way it could happen without killing people. I did that. I
changed the lethal virus to a er, decorative one, at the last minute."
He grinned, and said, "I almost thank you." I said, "And I almost
appreciate that." Chuckles.
He said, "I don't want to be Emperor." I said, "Who would want to be,
shouldn't." He said, "I can understand that." I said, "What does the
Emperor do, really? He doesn't run the government. One man can't. Some
people obey him directly, but not nearly as much as he thinks. He hosts
dignitaries who are not much more useful than he is. That position is
largely a figurehead, a remote person who represents all the government
to the people. Somebody who is the face of the government, for people
to love and hate as they choose, with ignorant reasons for both states.
For a man with a brain, it's a gilded prison. Only an egomaniacal
ignorant fool would want that, and would never understand why he could
never be satisfied in that role, and try to exercise more power than he
can, causing a lot of very unnecessary trouble for all." He said,
"Wow!" I said, "Am I wrong?" He said, "Unfortunately, no." I said,
"Some personal goals are better strived for, than achieved." He nodded.
I said, "But to a responsible man, there is duty. I didn't choose my
role, but I have it, and I do my best in it. As you will, yours,
whatever it is." He sighed, and said, "Probably so." I said, "Then
there is your mother." He said, "Do we have to discuss her?" Grins. I
said, "The terrorizer of the staff. At least she controls herself in
State functions. Mostly. Some of her poison shows. She has no real
friends." He said, "There's nothing I can do about that." I said,
"Smile a lot?" He did. I said, "She'll complain a lot, and sometimes
for there being nothing to complain about." He said, "How far will she
go against me?" I said, "Do your death, but I won't allow that. After I
offer it, I do not allow Heads of State to be murdered." He said, "But
you don't protect murderers." I said, "Nor those who start interstellar
war." He said, "Do you protect the PM?" I grinned, and said, "Did you
think that would work?" He grinned back, and said, "I hoped." I said,
"He's not a head of state, so it wasn't offered, and he doesn't know of
the possibility. I ruined your ploy. So sad." More grins.
He said, "Are we secure here?" I said, "Yes. There was a listener for
your mother. They're both taking naps." He laughed. I said, "You aren't
married. Another complaint of your mother." He said, "You know
something of me about that." I said, "Yes, a political liability. Most
royal marriages are mostly business or political arrangements. You need
one to act as hostess, at least. You have a nephew you can designate,
if you don't prefer your brother in the position. But wait on that.
Don't give them you as a target until you have to." He grinned, and
said, "Understood." I said, "Make sure the royal children study at the
institute. Best education possible, and I'll be helping them to improve
it." He said, "PM is pushing for that. Your doing?" I said, "He was
Education Minister before. It didn't take much pushing, after he went
there and saw for himself. Had to use spot removal to motivate him to
go." He laughed. I said, "And my offer of protection for the visit.
Rival governments would have fought each other to kill him there. Bad
for that planet." He said, "Not for him? Ha!" Grins.
I said, "You know about your father's mistresses?" He said, "I do.
And do NOT approve." I said, "Power is a powerful attractant, and
potent for er, potency. It's said that rulers screw the public. Well,
it doesn't stop in private." He laughed loudly. I said, "You have your
own er, special friends. I have no problem with that. Celibacy is
unhealthy, but so is the potential for blackmail. The more power you
have, the more they'll want to have part of that. Having a wife who
understands, will help to reduce that." He said, "You've convinced me.
Would you evaluate er, contenders for me?" I said, "In general, yes. I
won't violate their privacy. And that will be as they are at that time.
The future changes people. One can only guess how that will be. You
know she will have to have her own lovers. That has to be managed
well." He said, "Does my mother have them?" I said, "A King should
know. Not a Prince. She's still your mother, and should be respected
for that." He said, "I wasn't sure before. You're holy." I said, "Yes."
I said, "There are other matters to discuss. I have special students.
They have their own school in this galaxy. They will select the rare
qualified candidates, and it's they who will do the healing broadcasts
after I do the first one for each planet, and Head of State protection.
One problem in acquiring the students is because of the secretive
nature of the school. My students are so powerful, they would be
resented and feared. It won't be believed that they can't act unjustly,
and can't lie or kill. Their identities must be concealed. Documents
from who is in power, supporting the school, would help." He said,
"They are holy?" I said, "They are, or God wouldn't heal for them.
There is one who's identity isn't completely unknown. His mother works
at the Institute. He's their leader, as they judge things. What that
usually means, is he thinks a little faster than the rest. Judge them,
by him." Etan ported in, and offered to hug him. Then he sat down in
shock. He said to him, "You ARE holy!" Etan said, "Well, yes, but we
don't think that's anything special. We're just who we are. We're not
unhappy with that." He grinned widely. Prince returned it. I said,
"Don't let age fool you. He's wiser and more educated than any being in
this galaxy, after me. Shorter, though." Etan and I poked each other,
and grinned.
significance. We are like this with all our group. Gender and
orientation are not of concern to us in our love for each other. Our
abilities cause how our group's society is formed and operates. We feel
what each of us feels. We have to love each other, or we couldn't stand
to be in their presence." He said, "Oh! Thank you for that
clarification. I almost insulted you." Etan said, "It wouldn't have
been an insult, if not meant to hurt. We don't think any sexual
feelings are bad in themselves, and not bad in action, if not expressed
in harming others against their fully given consent." He said, "Wow!"
Etan said, "We usually hear that after it." Laughter.
I said to the Prince, "I'm going to meet with your father now." Etan
said to him, "If you agree, I'll stay with you and show you what's
happening. Better you don't stand right now." Prince was embarrassed,
but had to laugh. I said to him, "Standard reaction to all of us. Don't
worry about it. Perfectly natural. In some of my hugs, there had to be
some cleaning after." He laughed again. I said, "With one woman in a
news studio, well, the whole department heard that one." He laughed
loudly.
I shifted out. I appeared in the big study of the Emperor, and said,
after he jumped, "I'm Solomon. You asked to see me. I could have sent
you a picture." He said, "You will address me as Your Magnificence." I
said, "As who's magnificence? What's the matter, you forgot your name?"
He shouted, "You will respect me!" I said, "Mildly interesting. You
keep saying what I will do, as if you can predict the future. With such
lack of results, you obviously don't have that ability. Did you want us
to have an actual conversation, or this thing in which you shout
nonsense, and I try to help you with that?" He called for his guards. I
said, "You shouldn't have asked for witnesses to what's going to
happen." He was too angry to pay attention to that.
The guards came in. He said to them, "Restrain this man!" The captain
said, "Sire, what are we to restrain him from doing?" He said in a
rage, "Make him kneel to me!" They tried to force me to do that, and I
didn't move. He said, "Beat him!" They hit me with their batons, but
they just bounced off of me, causing no harm. I said to him, "I
understand that you might want to assist your people in maintaining
their physical fitness, but this isn't a very efficient form of
exercise. Nothing they can do to me will affect me physically in any
way. I warned you about making witnesses to this." I said to the
Captain, "Captain, I am a Senior Master of Ki. You know what that
means." He said, "Yes, Master, I do. I sense it." He said to the
Emperor, "Sire, this man is an ultimate Master of martial arts. It's
not possible to harm him against his will. And he is honorable, or we
would all be dead."
Emperor said, "You came here to kill me!" I said, "Don't be stupid.
Can't you tell you're alive? I don't have to be anywhere near you, to
do anything I want to do to you. But I actually don't want to. I don't
kill. I don't lie. I don't even want to talk to you, but you demanded
to meet with me, so I'm being nice about that. Here I am, and you
insist on causing me to like and respect you less and less, while
demanding impossibly more of that. Do you consider that evidence of
sanity?" He became so enraged, he caused himself a seizure, and
fainted. I said to the Captain, "Don't worry. He'll recover in a
minute. A very unhealthy man. As for you, I don't blame you for
following orders." He nodded and said, "An effective demonstration. You
didn't use your Ki on him. More evidence of honor." I said, "You just
caused a problem for yourself in explaining that to your men. They
won't believe you." He grinned, an said, "I just realized that." I
said, "Choose a volunteer." He nodded, and called for one. I said to
that one, "I won't hurt you. Ki is a kind of internal energy that
science doesn't recognize, but martial artists do, and can use it in
many ways. Some experts can strike with it outside of their bodies.
Brace yourself." I did a palm thrust at him, and he staggered backward.
I said, "As a Master of this, I can knock down buildings with that, or
use it to protect my body. Experts can also use this energy to
influence the wills of other people in basic ways, usually to cause
them not to notice the master. A kind of invisibility. I know you've
heard of that." Nods.
I said to the captain, "Saved you." He grinned, and said, "Thank you
Master, you did." I said, "But not from the Emperor. You know he will
try to have you all killed for witnessing this. I won't allow that. To
help you believe me, I will allow you to see more of me." I let them
see my aura. He said, "I believe you!" I said, "He's about to wake up,
and with memory issues." I went back to normal. He woke up a little
groggy and confused. He said to me, "Who are you?" I said, "I am
Solomon. You asked to meet with me. "He said, "Oh, I remember now. I
called for the guards, and they couldn't make you kneel to me?" I said,
"My religion prohibits me from doing that. I would not be true to my
people if I did that." He said, "You are an authority in your
religion?" I said, "The highest, yes. Of ALL religions." He said,
"That's an unusual claim." I said, "Actually, none more unusual than
that." Grins. I said, "And I didn't ask for it. Nor did I ask for the
ability to do the healing broadcasts. Choices are reserved for other
people, not me. But you have a problem with this."
He said, "What kind of problem do you mean?" I said, "You have an
illness that causes you to have seizures and loss of memory. It also
causes you to fly into rages at times, and act irrationally. That
others try to hide this from you, does you no good service, but it does
save their lives." He said, "Do you have proof of this?" I said, "I can
see all in the past. I can show you as it happened. These men here saw
it just recently, and are in fear of their lives for it." He said, "I
won't hurt them!" I said, "They believe you now, but they are not able
to trust that you will remember that, or continue to feel that way in
the future. I care for them, as I care for you." He said, "The healing
will cure me?" I said, "It will repair your brain, yes. But it will
destroy most of your memory, in replacing defective neurons with
healthy ones." I went to hug him with love, and when he recovered, he
said, "You ARE holy!" I said, "I think we already discussed something
of that." Grins
I said, "You're wondering if it had been treated sooner by your
medical personnel, you wouldn't have this problem now. Yes. Your ego
got in the way of that. You couldn't admit you had the problem. You
dismissed doctors who tried to help you. That was hurtful to them.
Very. They cared about you, more than their careers, and you destroyed
them. Look at your people here. See their tears? With all the bad
you've done to them, they still care about you. Can you trust yourself
not to cause them more harm?" He said, with his own tears, "I must
abdicate. Will you help Kennam? I said, "I will. I saw him before you,
but didn't tell him about this problem. He didn't know. You hid it from
him well." He said, "You have powers. Can you see him now?" I said,
"Yes I can. One of my students is with him. You haven't asked to see
the recordings of what happened. Will you fully believe, if you don't?
I do understand your fear. I feel it with you." He said, "Please show
me." I said, "A warning. I knew that what I was doing would cause it,
but it was necessary. If Kennam had known that in advance, he might
have tried to prevent it." He said, "I understand. Proceed."
I showed him the entire thing, from the moment I appeared, to after
he was awake and rational, including my talk with the guards. Then I
said, "There are many instances of that in the past, which you would
NOT now want to claim responsibility for. You remember some of that in
your dreams. Bad dreams." He said, "They were REAL?" I said, "Some of
them, yes. You want to know how I know this. It could cause a serious
believability issue." He grinned, and said, "Please try." I said, "For
my work as I'm required to do it, I was required to know er, ah, all.
And so it was made to happen. It's really not a fun thing!" He said,
"Wow!" I said, "I hear that a lot. Not just after sex." He laughed. He
said, "Does God have a sense of humor?" I said, "Yes! I know that more
than most, being the butt of it often!" He laughed again. I said, "He
puts me in situations were I have to figure out the problems and fix
them. I came to this galaxy only knowing there was a disease problem. I
didn't know it was going to be intentional!" He grinned, and said, "I
should be sorry for you." I said, "But you're not. So little respect.
Good thing I don't demand it." He said, "True." He went to his desk,
and took out a document, and signed it. He gave it to me and said, "My
death warrant?" I said, "You can refuse the healing in the broadcast.
If you accept it, it will mean a change in memories and personality,
but not a real death." He said, "What do you advise?" I said, "Beside's
sex?" He laughed. I said, "Soon, you'll have a seizure you won't
recover from. Death. Before that, you could cause a lot damage to
others, even if you abdicate. And that's another issue. You can change
your mind at any instant."
He said, "Can you operate on my mind so that will be prevented?" I
said, "Yes, but that increases the risk of having more seizures,
because part of you would oppose it, which is only natural." He said,
"I request you do it." I said, "As a therapist, I must have and express
my professional opinion, that while that is extremely brave of you, I
don't believe you have, at this time, the capacity to give due
consideration to that decision. Who do you appoint to act for you in
this?" He said, "You're crying!" I said, "I love you! I love all
people, but few do I respect as much as I do you, now. Know this. Death
isn't the end. Reincarnation is real. I remember all of mine." He
nodded, and said, "I choose Kennam." I said, "My student has been
showing him this. Your son respects and loves you more than was
possible before. He gives permission, and is crying with my student."
I said, "He's made a comment and suggestion. Who will believe any of
this?" He grinned, and said, "I know what you mean. You can record my
speech?" I said, "You read his mind?" He said, "No, but I do know how
one in his position should think." I said, "Any time. I can do multiple
angles, so you can choose your best side. If you can find one." He
laughed well. He said, "Greetings to all. I am Emperor Emall Kahndri.
For years I have been suffering from an illness I refused to admit I
had, a brain disorder that causes seizures, loss of memory, and other
issues. I dismissed doctors who tried to help me. I sincerely regret
that. My condition is becoming worse. Any useful treatment now would
cause me to lose more memory and function. I should not continue to be
Emperor. Therefore, I am abdicating, effective this date and time
that's shown in this recording, in favor of my oldest son, Kennan, who
I hope will lead our people in good health and wisdom for many years to
come. Please accept Kennan as your lawful Emperor, who did not ask for
this position, but I think will accept it to please me. But when my
I said with a grin, "That was very interesting." He grinned, and
said, "They'll really know it wasn't forced. That was the reason." I
said, "Definitely not stupid!" He was flattered. He signed the document
I presented to him. I said, "Here are copies of the recording. I'll
play them back, and you can choose the official one." He did, and I
destroyed the rest. I said, "Copies to?" He said, "PM, first. His
decision after that." I said, "I showed him you saying that, and gave
him a recording of it. Your son didn't want to be Emperor. I told him
that one who would want that, shouldn't have it." He nodded, and said,
"Wise." I said, "But he understands duty." He said, "The mental
operation now?" I said, "Done." He said, "I didn't feel a thing." I
said, "You can't stick your hand in there." Chuckles. I said, "Your son
requests to visit. There should be privacy. We should go." He nodded.
Guards left. I said to him, "You will be remembered well." He said,
"Thank you!" I shifted out. In Kennam's office, I was alone with Etan.
He was still crying. We hugged.
He said, "You held a lot back, and from me, too." I said, "So he
could judge you and me from your reactions. A friend for life, you've
got in him." He said, "I suspected the reason, Master Situation
Manager." I said, "I try." We went to the PM's office. He had wiped his
tears, but knew we knew about them. I said, "Surprised you." He said,
"The whole situation did! I understand something of how carefully you
managed it." Etan said, "We call that the Situation Manager Talent.
He's the best." He said, "What isn't he the best at?" Etan said, "When
I discover the impossible, don't expect me to tell you." I said, "Did
that make sense?" He said, "He knows what I meant, so effective
communication means it made sense." I said, "Don't argue effectively."
Grins and a hug.
I said to the PM, "Kennam needs a wife." He said, "There is a problem
with that." I said, "Your problem. Find one that can accept that. Most
would, or think they would, for the position. He's asked me to evaluate
candidates. We will, to a degree." He said, "Not you personally?" I
said, "You shouldn't depend on me. I'm not of this galaxy, or even this
dimension. Etan and his people are. They should be who should be doing
things here, as they choose. I have full confidence in them. Not just
because they know I'll be watching. I don't have a choice in that. You
may schedule the broadcasts, and prepare official documents I can
present to the local governments. I sure hope the other groups aren't
going to be like this!" He grinned, and said, "If only I could watch!"
I said to Etan, "He thinks he's too old to spank." Grins. We left.
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