Solomon's Private File #424
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 #424 "Natist Association"
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Natist Association of Worlds. I said, "I am Solomon." He said, "Our
spies have reported of you from Norse. We want none of your sorcery
here." I smiled, and said, "Good. I don't do sorcery. That's not
allowed in my religion, even if it existed. Hmm, when you listen to
reports of those with an agenda, you might not want to assume too
much." He said, "Are you an authority in your religion?" I said, "Yes,
and of many others by acclaim. They did that with absolutely no
consideration for my embarrassment. So little respect." We shared
smiles. I said, "Did your spies tell you I annoyed many in the almost
useless Norse Assembly?" He laughed, and said, "No they didn't. But I
have to like that." I said, "I think you know I liked that, too. Would
you like to see a recording of it? I know. Stupid question." He
laughed, and said, "I didn't expect this at all." I said, "And you know
I like that even more." More laughter.
I said, "First I should tell you I am unable to lie." He said, "We've
had some mystics say that. They weren't believed." I said, "But they
weren't proved incorrect about that. You have a device here that will
detect lies. Unusual. Most in governments would run from them." He
laughed. I said, "I'm not guessing. An assembly of a large galactic
empire demanded I appear before them. I told them I required such an
instrument be present. I never heard from them again." He grinned. I
said, "I have a great use for politicians, for the exercise of my
humor. Sorcery! Ha! They wish!" He said, "I'm beginning to regret using
that word." I said, "Good."
He said, "This empire, is it in this galaxy?" I said, "Are you sure
you want to strain your belief so early in this meeting?" He said,
"That answers my question more gently, which I assume was your intent.
This would indicate an advanced technology which would appear to be
what I er, mentioned." I said, "Isn't that always the case?" He sighed,
and said, "I caused my own problem with that. I've been well
corrected." I said, "My students are required to have advanced
education in math and physics." He said, "What are the qualifications
for your school?" I said, "Genius intelligence, lack of prejudice, and
some mental aptitudes only we can measure. And be no older than 12
years, to be able to learn mind partitioning and memory management." He
said, "What is the cost?" I said, "At present, our school in this
galaxy has no money, in the currency of this galaxy, or we would pay
the students and parents for them to attend. We have no personal need
for money. We create all we need, ourselves." He said, "With no money,
how did you arrive on this planet?" I said, "They asked that on Norse.
Want to hear what I said?" He grinned, and said, "Absolutely!"
I played the recording. His first question was, "How was that
recorded?" I said, "In one of my mind partitions, I have an automatic
recording program that runs when I'm on a mission. It uses external
clairvoyant viewpoints. In presenting it, I project it from my mind,
doing the viewpoint choice editing in real time. Mose people have the
abilities I used, but not in a degree that's useful or trainable. With
those who are trainable, we have very scientific ways of doing that. We
know how all of that actually works." He said, "Abuse of power?" I
said, "Beginning students have installed compulsions against accidental
use, which could be very serious, and unjust use. By the time they are
able to overcome those, they can't want to. It's become part of their
existence, called clear. That's what causes us to be unable to lie.
That would cause a fault in our minds, and our abilities would become
unreliable. But we can't, so it doesn't happen, not that we trust that
fully. We all monitor each other, mind to mind, and with viewpoints.
And for my students, they claim monitoring me is for learning." He
grinned, and said, "Entertainment!" I said, "Oh, yes!"
I said, "There is one more thing we have." I offered to hug, and he
was hesitant, but did it. I helped him to sit. He said, "I doubt no
longer. You ARE holy!" I said, "So I've been told." He said, "You could
have done this before, and saved some time." I said, "But not
entertainment." Grins. I said, "That's not my way. I'm a teacher. Using
feeling and emotion would be unfair influence." He nodded, and said,
"Purpose?" I said, "First priority is to protect the people from us,
and those like us, for only we can know when that abuse happens, and
only we can stop it." He said, "How do you stop it?" I said, "We give
them a choice. Installed compulsions, or complete permanent removal of
all psionics. Usually they actually demand the compulsions. Well, their
lack of control can cause some interesting er, effects." He said,
"Example?" I said, "Clothes behaving strangely. Projecting emotions
they really didn't want to make public. Orgasms should be voluntary."
He laughed. I said, "There was a woman who felt she was overweight. Her
fork would just not go in her mouth." He laughed loudly. He said, "I
know it wasn't funny to her, but, you know what I mean." I said, "I do.
It can be very serious. On a planet where trained Adepts are in power
in a non tech society, some entire cities were destroyed by bad
dreams." He said, "Not anymore." I said, "Oh, been there?"
He grinned, and said, "I know you more, now. If you knew of it, you
would have to fix it." I said, "By order, yes. That's how I knew about
it." He said, "How did you do it?" I said, "I found a good newly
teacher-less student. I trained him to be in advance of all the others
with what they knew, and by who he was, he either defeated the bad
Adepts, or his students did. It's better if people are enabled to fix
their own problems, because they're the ones who'll have to live with
the results. And that's the goal of personal existence; improvement.
That's our second priority; the advancement of intelligent life. In
support of that, we don't allow interstellar war. We usually work in
secret. Knowing about us isn't good for people and their societies." He
said, "I was going go to say that. They will just know about the
healing. No, I don't need proof. Good for spot removal." Grins.
assigned missions usually by being told to go someplace, and discover
what the mission is. VERY frustrating!" He grinned. I said, "That time,
I was told it was in regard to a disease. I didn't know it was going to
be intentional! Norse was about to be invaded, and their offensive
deterrent wasn't believed." He said, "It was real?" I said, "Yes, and
very deadly. They didn't have time to make it innocuous. The order to
actually use it on many planets was already given before I knew about
the mission, and it was too late to stop it by messengers from Norse. I
convinced their leader that it was actually revenge that would happen,
and that it would be better if Norse died alone, than all those other
worlds died with it. I helped him to contact his ships, and they
aborted." He said, "You could have stopped them directly." I said, "You
know." He said, "Moral testing. He decided correctly, so you could help
him." I said, "Yes. In one last ship, I changed the disease to a
harmless but very visible one, and that achieved their goal. No
attack." He said, "You saved billions of lives, and almost no one knows
about it!" I said, "Yes. That's the way it's supposed to be. Successful
mission. But there's more. There was a secondary mission, and a
tertiary mission. I took some students from this galaxy to one of my
schools. They now have their own school here. And they will be helping
the Institute on Norse to improve their educational methods with our
special tech. Send your best people there for the best education
possible. Yes, we actually do some real work." Grins.
I said, "Most of what I've shared with you would be detrimental to a
lot of things, if shared." He said, "I agree. I'll keep it to myself,
but the healing." I said, "Documents from you to your other worlds
would be helpful. Also, official support of students going to our
school." He said, "I'll make it a high security issue. You won't reveal
where it is." I said, "It can't be reached, or even found, without
assistance. Revealing isn't applicable." He said, "Is it in this
dimension?" I said, "It is, and on a planet, but its reality is
slightly altered. No, only I can do that. They can do other things in
support of that, but it could interfere with the students' perceptions.
My way is better." He said, "You will be leaving." I said, "It's not
that simple. Does God leave?" He said, "Oh! But you will withdraw
active support, so your students will be mostly on their own." I said,
"For their own advancement, yes. I do visit my schools at times. They
can't port between dimensions, only my family, and one other can, so
far. Did I just reveal too much?" He grinned, "Did your students say
that?" I said, "In my last visit, they did, and loudly!" He laughed. We
hugged, and I shifted out. I retuned when he had the documents ready.
I made my presentation to the leader of the last of the Nastist
worlds. She said, "I don't believe you, and I don't believe that
document is real. Now leave." I grinned. She said, "Have I missed
something?" I said, "Eventually you will believe me. Other groups of
planets do. They have already experienced it. Their leaders are
wondering when I will encounter one who refuses, so they can see what
I'll do about it. Eagerly awaiting, actually." She had to chuckle. She
said, "I wouldn't be surprised." I said, "But my students, their level
of eagerness is beyond measure. To start, you can try to have me
removed. Numerous times. That way I can use different means for their
entertainment." She said, "You could be injured." I said, "Only of I
allowed it. I might, just to demonstrate something so unusual, you
wouldn't believe it. Oh, well, you already don't. A built in
condition?"
She said, "What are the possibilities?" I said, "To the limit of my
creativity. But tell you in advance? Absolutely not. It would be cruel
of me to reduce your enjoyment of the surprise. And my students, who
are watching, would be SO disappointed." She said, "How are they
watching?" I said, "You wouldn't understand, but they can see anywhere
they wish to in this galaxy, in real time." She said, "Even inside a
black hole?" I said, "That doesn't actually exist in this reality. So,
what are you waiting for?" She said, "Will you demonstrate something
you would do?" I said, "Passive resistance is by its very nature, not
dynamic. Therefore, a demonstration would require actions of others.
Hopefully amusing. Might not be for you, if they use projectile
weapons. Bouncing off of me could be a little er, interesting for you.
A possible test of healing. Are you usually so indecisive?" She looked
strange, and then had to laugh.
She said, "I still don't believe you." I said, "Prove that. I'm
waiting." My big grin unnerved her. She said, "I'm an expert martial
artist. You're not." I said, "You do this a lot. Do you enjoy being
wrong?" She said, "I detect no Ki." I said, "It's part of all life. If
you had a greater ability in that, you would know that not detecting
any in a person, is an imposed condition." She said, "Oh! That makes
sense." I said, "You're disappointing my students." She grinned, and
said, "I'll try to do some more of that. If I were to strike you, it
wouldn't cause you harm?" I said, "If I use Ki to protect, correct.
There are other things I could do." She said, "What other things?" I
said, "As a Master of Ki, I can move faster than you can see. I can
also use Ki to make it so you won't notice me. You could look
everywhere, but not were I was, and not know that." She nodded, and
said, "I've heard of that ability." I said, "Large room here. I could
levitate out of your reach." She said, "Using Ki?" I said, "The energy
that is Ki, has many uses for one who can see it." She said, "Oh!" I
said, "And I can tap an energy source that's practically limitless. We
use that to power the broadcasts." She said, "Another dimension?" I
said, "Yes. Used for teleporting, also. And used to move objects." I
lifted a table behind me. I said, "Want chairs with that?" She grinned,
and said, "No, that's alright." I lowered the table.
She said, "What would you really do if I was firm in my decision?" I
said, "I would rather convince you with reason, before I would tell you
that. It's not nice. No, I wouldn't do a thing to you. I am not able to
act against another for a mere disagreement. That wouldn't be just.
Actually, I don't have to do a thing, but wait. Then your successor
would be eager to have the broadcasts. Whoever that is, would probably
have to use a different office. And building." She said, "You would
destroy them?" I said, "You're not thinking well. If it's not real,
nothing will happen. If it's real, and happening on other planets, and
didn't help. My students aren't laughing now. You ruined it!" She
laughed. Etan said in the air, "But she laughs well." I said, "That was
one of them. I see the question. He's on a different planet. The speed
of our perceptions and physical reach isn't related to the speed of
light." She said, "You could have forced me." I said, "Ability, and
will, aren't the same. So, no we couldn't."
I said, "My students are wondering something. Have I actually
appeared, what I claimed aside, to be a liar or insane?" She said, "You
haven't. Wise, actually." I said, "Then why did you hold to a contrary
opinion, when it would be easy to test the truth of it? The others
tested it, including the leader of your Association. And in the
Kahndrist Empire, there are now no people with decorative spots, who
are very happy about that." She grinned, and said, "I can understand
their appreciation of that. I have an inoperable cancer, and I'm in
constant pain. Did you know this?" I said, "Of the pancreas, yes. It's
spread to other organs. Nobody told me. I know all." She said, "As God
does?" I said, "Yes, and by His will, absolutely not mine! You're not
able to perceive all of who I am, but I'll show you more now."
My aura blazed. I opened my arms, and said, "I offer you my love."
She rose and came to me. I helped her to sit. When she recovered, she
said, "I don't feel any plain!" I said with a smile, "Is that a
complaint?" She laughed, and said, "Not at all! Am I cured?" I said,
"As if it never was. My students are crying in happiness for you. Oh,
alright." Etan ported in, and they hugged. He left. She said, "His love
was like yours. I said, "A little shorter." She grinned. She said, "If
force. This way, it isn't just your body that's improved. That's what
we're for. You rejected my offer because you didn't want to be tortured
by a likely false hope." She nodded, with tears. She said, "I'll have
the scheduling done. You'll know." I said, "Can't stop that. Student
recruiting. You'll assist if needed?" She said, "I will! May I help
personally?" I said, "Usually, we prefer our students to be unknown to
the public, and accept no interference. We don't like to make them
targets." She said, "They can be harmed?" I said, "Not physically, but
we feel what others feel, as our own feelings. We would rather have
almost any broken bone, than feel the hate of others directed at us. I
feel it all. They shouldn't have to feel even a part of that. And
parents can be targets, too." She said, "I have to agree. But I saw
him." I said, "You did. I know you can be trusted. You sure aren't
influenced easily!" She chuckled, but was embarrassed. My grin didn't
help.
I said, "There are options for my departure. I could just vanish.
Your security people would have a problem with that." She grinned, and
said, "As tempting as that is, I have to request that you leave as you
came in, facing the other direction. Yes, I've learned to be careful
with that I say to you." I said, "Finally!" Grins and chuckles. I said,
"We have a Head of State protection service. We prevent assassinations.
It's reactive only, and doesn't invade privacy. Except once." She said,
"And what was that?" I said in the air, "She asked!" Etan said in the
air, "We want to know, too. Has to be funny." I said, "I was about his
age when I first did it. I didn't set the automatic watch to be
specific enough in detecting weapons. I hadn't considered that some
could be used for, er, intimate recreation. Caused some annoyance. It
wasn't his wife." Hard laughter. When she recovered, she said, "He
hated you?" I said, "For a while. Then I became his religious
counselor. Well, I already knew his worst secret, not that I REALLY
wanted to!" She said, "At such a young age?" I said, "By then, if
average intelligence is 100, mine was about 6000. I had many university
degrees, and was fully ordained, and working as a teacher and
psychologist. And an engineer. And you know, political commentary,
too." She grinned, "I assumed."
I said, "God loves you. I will always love you. Never forget that." I
walked out. When I was unobserved, I shifted out. I said to the kids,
"Recruiting soon." Etan said, "There's one world you haven't been to."
One said, "There's no planetary leader." Another said, "And no
government." I said, "That's because anybody of the general population
who tries to start one, is killed. Must be short of targets to practice
on. Why do they call it Thieves World? Who could steal it?" Pokes and
hugs with love.
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