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might lose most of them for thinking that I am completely out of my damned mind.”
“Jagz, ten minutes ago you were prepared to keep this secret inside and let it eat you alive. Then you told me, and it felt great. In fact, it felt so good that I’m kind of hoping you will tell me again, if you know what I mean. Think about what this information could mean to everyone out there. I am not the only one eager to hear the truth. You simply must share it. I can’t imagine how you could keep this in for much longer. After all, by not sharing the whole truth, you are not sharing the one and only truth that matters. Everything else, any half truth you attempt to express, will only create minimal impact, and you’ll be left with a hole. I know because I’ve been there before. It’s not worth it. No matter how big the secret.”
“Yeah, well, I suppose I have never thought about it that way. You are very convincing, you know that? You have a way of making all of these wrongs right. I never thought I would find anyone like you. I never thought that this was possible. Something is changing inside of me, and it’s not just the fact that the world may be wiped out by Aliens. None of that seems to matter right now. I’m as clear as I have ever felt. I feel light. I feel alive.”
Chapter 10.
When Jagz returned home, his high from spending the afternoon with Shera began to fade and fear crept back in. He pondered his decision as to whether he should share the information with his followers, who, in numbers have jumped to 200,000. He walked over to his cabinet, found his pills, and downed a small dose of UrDg, hoping to get back to the place he was with Shera a few hours earlier.
He began to anticipate the effects as the pill went down, but as UrDg kicked in, he was only reminded that he had not eaten, having assumed that Shera would have brought him something. He was starting to get hungry.
Jagz walked into his eating area and sat down at the Chook 32,000—the old, but still highly functional model, the in-home chef and cook creator that would use all of one’s senses, mixed with a drinkable mixture that housed all of one’s nutritional needs.
By sitting down at the Chook and selecting the meal that he desired, he would be guided through an eating experience that visually stimulated his eyes with highly defined food porn images, tantalized his smell by releasing fragrant aromas and satisfied his taste buds by creating flavors and textures of food with the insert that fit into his mouth. The mouthpiece also released the nutri-tional mixture that nourished the body, specific to his needs.
Normally, Jagz would scan through the list of possible meal creations and come up with something new and exciting. He was a flavor seeker, a hardcover food lover, and his followers were able to see the food combinations that he created and try them out for themselves.
Just like an original thought, most people did not hold the capacity to think up their own food combinations. Jagz, being a flavor seeker, always had a fun new creation—Hickory Smoked Ginger Soy Beef Ribs with a Mashed Wasabi Pea Coconut Slaw, Spicy Lemongrass Maple Shrimp and an Avocado Polenta Ice Cream, Slow Braised Lamb Neck with an Apple Jellyfish Compote and Crispy Rosemary Cardamom Fries, or a Juicy Bison Burger with Deep Fried Asparagus Rings and an Orange Wheatgrass BBQ sauce with a side of Bacon Roasted Sous Vide Brussels Sprouts. The sky and an open mind were the limit to the types of creations one could input and taste on demand.
But today was different. Jagz wanted to try something far simpler than usual. Without considering the confusion that his followers might undergo upon seeing his selection, Jagz turned on the Chook and began browsing for his selection.
He selected an orange.
The machine began to work its magic. But as Jagz ate, he couldn’t help but feel like something was missing. What happened to the touch when the orange hit my
“Jagz, ten minutes ago you were prepared to keep this secret inside and let it eat you alive. Then you told me, and it felt great. In fact, it felt so good that I’m kind of hoping you will tell me again, if you know what I mean. Think about what this information could mean to everyone out there. I am not the only one eager to hear the truth. You simply must share it. I can’t imagine how you could keep this in for much longer. After all, by not sharing the whole truth, you are not sharing the one and only truth that matters. Everything else, any half truth you attempt to express, will only create minimal impact, and you’ll be left with a hole. I know because I’ve been there before. It’s not worth it. No matter how big the secret.”
“Yeah, well, I suppose I have never thought about it that way. You are very convincing, you know that? You have a way of making all of these wrongs right. I never thought I would find anyone like you. I never thought that this was possible. Something is changing inside of me, and it’s not just the fact that the world may be wiped out by Aliens. None of that seems to matter right now. I’m as clear as I have ever felt. I feel light. I feel alive.”
Chapter 10.
When Jagz returned home, his high from spending the afternoon with Shera began to fade and fear crept back in. He pondered his decision as to whether he should share the information with his followers, who, in numbers have jumped to 200,000. He walked over to his cabinet, found his pills, and downed a small dose of UrDg, hoping to get back to the place he was with Shera a few hours earlier.
He began to anticipate the effects as the pill went down, but as UrDg kicked in, he was only reminded that he had not eaten, having assumed that Shera would have brought him something. He was starting to get hungry.
Jagz walked into his eating area and sat down at the Chook 32,000—the old, but still highly functional model, the in-home chef and cook creator that would use all of one’s senses, mixed with a drinkable mixture that housed all of one’s nutritional needs.
By sitting down at the Chook and selecting the meal that he desired, he would be guided through an eating experience that visually stimulated his eyes with highly defined food porn images, tantalized his smell by releasing fragrant aromas and satisfied his taste buds by creating flavors and textures of food with the insert that fit into his mouth. The mouthpiece also released the nutri-tional mixture that nourished the body, specific to his needs.
Normally, Jagz would scan through the list of possible meal creations and come up with something new and exciting. He was a flavor seeker, a hardcover food lover, and his followers were able to see the food combinations that he created and try them out for themselves.
Just like an original thought, most people did not hold the capacity to think up their own food combinations. Jagz, being a flavor seeker, always had a fun new creation—Hickory Smoked Ginger Soy Beef Ribs with a Mashed Wasabi Pea Coconut Slaw, Spicy Lemongrass Maple Shrimp and an Avocado Polenta Ice Cream, Slow Braised Lamb Neck with an Apple Jellyfish Compote and Crispy Rosemary Cardamom Fries, or a Juicy Bison Burger with Deep Fried Asparagus Rings and an Orange Wheatgrass BBQ sauce with a side of Bacon Roasted Sous Vide Brussels Sprouts. The sky and an open mind were the limit to the types of creations one could input and taste on demand.
But today was different. Jagz wanted to try something far simpler than usual. Without considering the confusion that his followers might undergo upon seeing his selection, Jagz turned on the Chook and began browsing for his selection.
He selected an orange.
The machine began to work its magic. But as Jagz ate, he couldn’t help but feel like something was missing. What happened to the touch when the orange hit my
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