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expense of a newborn. But one
advertisement was different. It only required an engineering degree, no
experience necessary; on the job training would be provided. Enthusiasm,
commitment, and a sense of adventure were more important than experience, the
ad stated. Elated, Dan jumped at the opportunity. He had to sign a slew of
documents, but the starting salary was more than enough to quiet the voices of
caution whispering in his head.
In fact, he was aware of what his employers were thinking
about him. One of them was blessed with the gift of extrasensory perception as
well. Dan had always kept his gift concealed as he was ordered to. He never let
his first wife Jill know that he did foresee some rocky patches in their
impending marriage. Yet his gift never provided him a glimpse of his career.
Maybe he would have avoided it if he knew exactly what he would be getting
himself into. Dan wasn’t just obligated to keep government secrets concerning
technology; he was going to be forced to keep his entire involvement with the Organization under wraps from anyone he would ever love. Ironically, the
type of technology the Organization acquired assisted with this task.
A microchip was implanted in his brain. Dan found it
incredulous. He had seen TV shows suggesting chips would be used to track
people or monitor a patient’s health in the not so distant future. But in these
shows, the chip was imbedded in necks or feet. This tech was invasive. It
wasn’t within easy reach of being discarded. He had been joined with it. It was
a part of him. It made him feel like a hybrid: part machine, part human. Maybe
he succumbed to the chip because it made him feel special. He wasn’t only aiding
in the creation of new technology—he was the new technology. This
was the carrot a young man like Dan could not resist. His employers weren’t
surprised. They did, after all, advertise for a man with little or no prior
experience. Dan’s minimal life experiences had been played to their advantage
quite well.
With the chip, Dan wasn’t able to utilize his psychic
gift. Therefore, the risk of his family finding out about his work was
marginalized. At first, Dan didn’t understand what the risk was. He was certain
Jill had no extrasensory perception. But his employers realized his gift could
be transferred to his offspring. Sure enough, Iris Camden came to realize her
gift in first grade. She would never realize just how she inherited this
ability. Dan’s mind could not be read. The chip altered Dan’s brainwaves. He
would never become engaged in a theta or delta brain state because this was
where the subconscious mind took over. These were the states attributable to
mind reading, astral projection, and remote viewing. Thus, he existed on little
sleep, and when he did it produced lucid dream states.
Only when commissioned by his employers, could Dan take
the chip off-line. In these instances he was as psychic as his child. He was
allowed to do this by a remote switch surreptitiously hidden in the confines of
his watch. But fear for his family’s safety, made these occurrences few and far
between. If he could read Iris psychically, he feared other “ears” would be
able to as well. His wives argued with him about his treasured timepiece,
wondering why he would never wear the new watches they had bought him for
Christmas gifts. These tiny fissures became huge cracks in both of his
marriages. Dan realized his second wife would probably be no more forgiving of
his covert life than Jill. But Dan foresaw what new technologies his reverse
engineering would bring the world. In time, it would be commonplace for people
to have devices installed in their brains that allowed them to operate
computers with their minds. It would even be possible to access the Internet
this way. This wasn’t science fiction. The technology already existed thanks to
alien visitations. The government was just waiting to release these wonders to
the general populace. They
advertisement was different. It only required an engineering degree, no
experience necessary; on the job training would be provided. Enthusiasm,
commitment, and a sense of adventure were more important than experience, the
ad stated. Elated, Dan jumped at the opportunity. He had to sign a slew of
documents, but the starting salary was more than enough to quiet the voices of
caution whispering in his head.
In fact, he was aware of what his employers were thinking
about him. One of them was blessed with the gift of extrasensory perception as
well. Dan had always kept his gift concealed as he was ordered to. He never let
his first wife Jill know that he did foresee some rocky patches in their
impending marriage. Yet his gift never provided him a glimpse of his career.
Maybe he would have avoided it if he knew exactly what he would be getting
himself into. Dan wasn’t just obligated to keep government secrets concerning
technology; he was going to be forced to keep his entire involvement with the Organization under wraps from anyone he would ever love. Ironically, the
type of technology the Organization acquired assisted with this task.
A microchip was implanted in his brain. Dan found it
incredulous. He had seen TV shows suggesting chips would be used to track
people or monitor a patient’s health in the not so distant future. But in these
shows, the chip was imbedded in necks or feet. This tech was invasive. It
wasn’t within easy reach of being discarded. He had been joined with it. It was
a part of him. It made him feel like a hybrid: part machine, part human. Maybe
he succumbed to the chip because it made him feel special. He wasn’t only aiding
in the creation of new technology—he was the new technology. This
was the carrot a young man like Dan could not resist. His employers weren’t
surprised. They did, after all, advertise for a man with little or no prior
experience. Dan’s minimal life experiences had been played to their advantage
quite well.
With the chip, Dan wasn’t able to utilize his psychic
gift. Therefore, the risk of his family finding out about his work was
marginalized. At first, Dan didn’t understand what the risk was. He was certain
Jill had no extrasensory perception. But his employers realized his gift could
be transferred to his offspring. Sure enough, Iris Camden came to realize her
gift in first grade. She would never realize just how she inherited this
ability. Dan’s mind could not be read. The chip altered Dan’s brainwaves. He
would never become engaged in a theta or delta brain state because this was
where the subconscious mind took over. These were the states attributable to
mind reading, astral projection, and remote viewing. Thus, he existed on little
sleep, and when he did it produced lucid dream states.
Only when commissioned by his employers, could Dan take
the chip off-line. In these instances he was as psychic as his child. He was
allowed to do this by a remote switch surreptitiously hidden in the confines of
his watch. But fear for his family’s safety, made these occurrences few and far
between. If he could read Iris psychically, he feared other “ears” would be
able to as well. His wives argued with him about his treasured timepiece,
wondering why he would never wear the new watches they had bought him for
Christmas gifts. These tiny fissures became huge cracks in both of his
marriages. Dan realized his second wife would probably be no more forgiving of
his covert life than Jill. But Dan foresaw what new technologies his reverse
engineering would bring the world. In time, it would be commonplace for people
to have devices installed in their brains that allowed them to operate
computers with their minds. It would even be possible to access the Internet
this way. This wasn’t science fiction. The technology already existed thanks to
alien visitations. The government was just waiting to release these wonders to
the general populace. They
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