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Authors: H. M. Charley Ada
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face.
“Wow!” Zack said, beaming with pride. “I knew he was smart, but this time even I’m amazed!”
“I suppose,” Lilly said. “But I’m not shocked. Remember, it’s his heaven too! It would be surprising if God left dogs still entirely at their masters’ mercy.
Anyway, wasn’t I going to show you what I was like as a kid? Or did you forget?”
“No, of course not, I want to see.”
“Ok, give me your hand.”
Zack did, and instantly felt a sudden rush of unexpected sensations. Lilly’s hand was soft and fiery, demure and electric, sweet and cunning – all at the same time. In that moment, Zack felt incredibly awake. In his whole life, he had never felt so much excitement just from the touch of a woman’s hand. He looked at Lilly, but she continued talking as if nothing had happened. Had she not felt the same thing?
Ok, Lilly thought into Zack’s brain, I am going to play you some memories. Close your eyes and open your mind.
This was Zack’s first time communicating with telepathy, but it turned out to be no more difficult than producing Lilly’s gold medal. He closed his eyes, relaxed, and the next thing he knew, he was a little girl in a pink jumper, sitting next to a little boy in a doctor’s office.
Remember, you’re me, Lilly said, answering his concerns.
Then a nurse walked into the office and smiled at the boy. ‘So, I heard you were afraid to get your shot. Well, I’m gonna give your big sister here her shot first, so you can see that it doesn’t hurt.’
The little boy nodded.
The nurse took Zack’s little-girl arm, and Zack smiled slyly. Something was going to happen.
The nurse stuck him with the needle. ‘Ahhhhhh!’ he screamed. ‘Ahhhhhh! It hurts so much!!!!’
The little boy ran out of the room crying, and the nurse shook her head.
Zack chuckled, and then Lilly gave him the next one. He/she was older now, sitting in an empty grade school classroom with a teacher.
‘Now Lillian,’ the teacher said firmly, ‘evolution is just one theory. Of course it is backed up by science, but the question asked you to talk about
two
theories for the origin of mankind. To get full credit, you had to discuss both. Look…’ She shuffled through her papers. ‘Ah, here we are. Debbie Parsons, A+. See, evolution
and
creationism.’
‘Creationism isn’t science, and you shouldn’t be teaching it in a science class!’ Zack burst out, almost shouting. ‘You shouldn’t even be teaching it in school at all!’
‘Lilly, I never said creationism was right. You are certainly entitled to believe whatever you want. But you need to recognize that there are other theories out there.’
Zack could feel Lilly’s anger in the young teeth that he now shared, as well as in the adult hand and mind projecting them.
Lilly quickly jumped into the next memory.
This time, Zack was a teenage girl wearing a leather jacket, in a park at night with two girlfriends smoking pot. He pulled a pocket mirror out of a little black purse and checked his hair and make-up – they must have been going somewhere else after this. Lilly, you were very pretty! Are you crazy?! Zack pushed the words into Lilly’s mind, but Lilly ignored them, leaving Zack to wonder if she had slipped this first part of the memory in by accident or design.
‘Yeah,’ Zack said in the memory, in a tough, cool voice, ‘you know that fucking cross she always wears? Well I told that bitch exactly where the fuck she could shove it!’
Lilly’s friends roared with laughter.
Then Lilly fast-forwarded the memory a little, and an adult man appeared. He looked like somebody’s father.
‘Give me a break,’ Zack said, ‘it’s no worse than alcohol. We’re not hurting anyone. Do you know how much money the government would save if it legalized pot?’
‘I know I’m going to be calling your father, Lilly,’ the man said.
“Ok, Zack,” Lilly said, “just one more. I’ll give you an adult memory.”
In this one, Zack
“Wow!” Zack said, beaming with pride. “I knew he was smart, but this time even I’m amazed!”
“I suppose,” Lilly said. “But I’m not shocked. Remember, it’s his heaven too! It would be surprising if God left dogs still entirely at their masters’ mercy.
Anyway, wasn’t I going to show you what I was like as a kid? Or did you forget?”
“No, of course not, I want to see.”
“Ok, give me your hand.”
Zack did, and instantly felt a sudden rush of unexpected sensations. Lilly’s hand was soft and fiery, demure and electric, sweet and cunning – all at the same time. In that moment, Zack felt incredibly awake. In his whole life, he had never felt so much excitement just from the touch of a woman’s hand. He looked at Lilly, but she continued talking as if nothing had happened. Had she not felt the same thing?
Ok, Lilly thought into Zack’s brain, I am going to play you some memories. Close your eyes and open your mind.
This was Zack’s first time communicating with telepathy, but it turned out to be no more difficult than producing Lilly’s gold medal. He closed his eyes, relaxed, and the next thing he knew, he was a little girl in a pink jumper, sitting next to a little boy in a doctor’s office.
Remember, you’re me, Lilly said, answering his concerns.
Then a nurse walked into the office and smiled at the boy. ‘So, I heard you were afraid to get your shot. Well, I’m gonna give your big sister here her shot first, so you can see that it doesn’t hurt.’
The little boy nodded.
The nurse took Zack’s little-girl arm, and Zack smiled slyly. Something was going to happen.
The nurse stuck him with the needle. ‘Ahhhhhh!’ he screamed. ‘Ahhhhhh! It hurts so much!!!!’
The little boy ran out of the room crying, and the nurse shook her head.
Zack chuckled, and then Lilly gave him the next one. He/she was older now, sitting in an empty grade school classroom with a teacher.
‘Now Lillian,’ the teacher said firmly, ‘evolution is just one theory. Of course it is backed up by science, but the question asked you to talk about
two
theories for the origin of mankind. To get full credit, you had to discuss both. Look…’ She shuffled through her papers. ‘Ah, here we are. Debbie Parsons, A+. See, evolution
and
creationism.’
‘Creationism isn’t science, and you shouldn’t be teaching it in a science class!’ Zack burst out, almost shouting. ‘You shouldn’t even be teaching it in school at all!’
‘Lilly, I never said creationism was right. You are certainly entitled to believe whatever you want. But you need to recognize that there are other theories out there.’
Zack could feel Lilly’s anger in the young teeth that he now shared, as well as in the adult hand and mind projecting them.
Lilly quickly jumped into the next memory.
This time, Zack was a teenage girl wearing a leather jacket, in a park at night with two girlfriends smoking pot. He pulled a pocket mirror out of a little black purse and checked his hair and make-up – they must have been going somewhere else after this. Lilly, you were very pretty! Are you crazy?! Zack pushed the words into Lilly’s mind, but Lilly ignored them, leaving Zack to wonder if she had slipped this first part of the memory in by accident or design.
‘Yeah,’ Zack said in the memory, in a tough, cool voice, ‘you know that fucking cross she always wears? Well I told that bitch exactly where the fuck she could shove it!’
Lilly’s friends roared with laughter.
Then Lilly fast-forwarded the memory a little, and an adult man appeared. He looked like somebody’s father.
‘Give me a break,’ Zack said, ‘it’s no worse than alcohol. We’re not hurting anyone. Do you know how much money the government would save if it legalized pot?’
‘I know I’m going to be calling your father, Lilly,’ the man said.
“Ok, Zack,” Lilly said, “just one more. I’ll give you an adult memory.”
In this one, Zack
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