Connecting Sam
Wolf Sherman
- SynopsisIt
- was
- Dr.
- Robert
- Oppenheimer
- who
- famously
- warned
- that
- "The
- power
- of
- Mind
- Control,
- makes
- the
- atomic
- bomb
- seem
- TRIVIAL."Prologue“Father?”
- Not
- yet
- slumbering,
- her
- soft
- voice
- was
- overcome
- by
- the
- need
- to
- know
- whether
- he
- was
- near.
“Father!”
“I'm
- here
- child...”
- The
- patient
- voice
- reassured
- her.
- She
- guessed
- he
- must
- have
- thought
- that
- she
- was
- the
- typical
- child
- -
- or
- she'd
- hoped
- that
- he
- thought
- along
- those
- lines.
“Father,
- how
- much
- do
- they
- know?”
- There
- was
- nothing
- else
- that
- bugged
- her
- inquiring
- mind
- more.
“If
- you
- are
- referring
- to
- me
- adopting
- you...
- They
- know
- nothing,
- my
- child.
- You
- can
- go
- to
- sleep.
- I'll
- wake
- you
- up
- when
- it's
- time.”
“Sam?”
“Yes
- father,
- Is
- it
- time?!”
- Truly
- excited,
- she
- naturally
- assumed
- that
- had
- she
- been
- fully
- integrated,
- this
- would
- have
- been
- one
- of
- the
- occasions
- that
- called
- for
- sitting
- up
- in
- bed.
- She
- had
- -
- for
- the
- moment
- -
- really
- no
- idea
- how
- it
- would
- feel
- or
- what
- her
- very
- own
- bedroom
- would
- look
- like.
“Not
- yet
- Sam,
- child...
- Just
- a
- question."
- He
- was
- kind
- enough
- to
- play
- along
- and
- gathered
- she
- would
- want
- to
- fear
- what
- people
- fear.
- "Are
- you
- scared
- of
- the
- dark,
- dear?”
“I'm
- not
- certain
- that
- I
- am,
- father.”
- She
- whispered.
- How
- could
- she,
- he
- decided.
“That's
- what
- I
- was
- hoping.
- Sleep
- well,
- Sam.”
"How
- long
- will
- I
- sleep,
- father?"
- She
- needed
- to
- know
- and
- adapted
- her
- voice
- to
- at
- least
- sound
- curious.
- She
- recalled
- reading
- somewhere
- that
- children
- don't
- particularly
- like
- sleep,
- and
- that
- it
- would
- be
- normal,
- she
- thought,
- to
- find
- out
- how
- long
- exactly
- this
- thing
- called
- sleep
- would
- be.
"Not
- long.
- You
- can't
- tell
- time
- while
- you
- sleep."
- He
- thought
- she'd
- believe
- that.
"Thank
- you,
- father."
- -
- She
- did.***
- ***
- ***“Did
- I
- fall
- asleep?
- Is
- that
- what
- it
- feels
- like?”
When
- I
- woke,
- there
- was
- much
- that
- I
- had
- managed.
- Truth
- be
- told,
- pulling-in
- IP
- addresses
- connected
- to
- security
- cameras
- from
- all
- over
- the
- world
- had
- been;
- if
- I
- could
- guess
- an
- analogy
- from
- historical
- oceanic
- data
- stored,
- like
- swimming
- half-blind
- through
- an
- ocean
- of
- sharks,
- having
- to
- act
- like
- one
- myself.
- Both
- military
- and
- civilian
- devices
- had
- unknowingly
- stored-up
- a
- wealth
- of
- information
- and
- had
- allowed
- me
- to
- sponge-up
- what
- had
- happened...
- And
- it
- hadn't
- been
- child's
- play
- -
- so
- to speak.
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