am not sure, so I try not to mess with it. If I could stop what they are doing to you, all by myself, I would. I don’t know how. Yet.” Phillip stood and kissed her belly. “Blessings on your offspring. May she be as strong as her mother and twice the adventurer!” He knew she couldn’t move. He could hear her crying in his head. Phillip simply did not know what to do. He could tell she knew he did not have the answer. He looked at her and then he clicked.
He saw a man dressed in rags talking to another man on a porch. He concentrated on their thoughts. Then Phillip knew that it wasn’t Solstice, it was Stephen. He tried to think back to them, but they were concentrating too hard on keeping their conversation private. Phillip clicked again. “Illumna, I am sorry for your fate, but I need a favor…”
“I got it Phillip.” Illumna responds in his mind. “I agree. I’m with you on this, but you can’t think about it. Eventually they will realize what you plan to do. If Brian spent all of that time planning his move and yet somehow he’s assured himself that his own idea would fail, you can bet he will stop you if he guesses what you want to do.”
“So Brian is the man I met? If he was my father why didn’t he just tell me?” Phillip asked.
“You already knew that Phillip. Just go with your gut. For now, you should click back to who you are thinking about. You can’t be here. Time is confusing, Phillip, but you’ll figure it out. I’m sorry for your fate.” Illumna thinks to him with more emotion than she has shown to others.
“I see. How will I learn all of this?” Phillip asks.
“It takes time. Be wary and don’t abuse your skill. Just because you can do a thing does not mean that you should. For me, I’ll see you soon. For the you that you are now, it will be awhile, but you will do fine, Phillip. You are brave, sometimes foolish, but overall, you learn quickly.”
Phillip clicked. Then he watched as the machines dosed model KRY-1-CT-A1 through one of the many tubes running into her body and out of it. He knew it could be one of several things, amino acids, hormones, etc. Some designed to get a reaction and some designed to repress other reactions. He knew now that Solstice was not the one doing this to her, but it was her mind that made all of this possible. He couldn’t hold back the hatred he felt for her, even if she wasn’t directly responsible. Then he considered how much Illumna had been involved. It was strange he made a secret pact with Illumna. He had heard Illumna’s mind and knew how deeply she loved Solstice. That love that was immortal. He considered moving forward in time to see if his actions had a good or bad effect. He supposed that Solstice had done that often. The problem was, it didn’t mean much. With all of his family line and those of the other family, he realized that what he saw did not mean that was what would happen. They could change it. He also realized that his quest to take out Stephen was a bit hypocritical. Stephen planned on stopping the changes. Phillip couldn’t be against that, he was against the way in which Stephen planned to make that happen. If just one of them went back and farted, there would be a tsunami of change in which way the wind blew for the next few thousand years. Considering his own thought, Phillip made a choice to be far more careful about clicking in time.
CHAPTER 3
“I was bored. I needed him at first. Otherwise, despite my uniqueness, I would have withered. In the end, I loved him more than any other aspect of life. Being with him was even more important than breathing. He is more than he will accept. He knows this, in some ways, but not in others. I exist to help him more than he exists to help me. Yet, he gives every second of his life to help me. That’s him and why I love him so deeply.” --
He saw a man dressed in rags talking to another man on a porch. He concentrated on their thoughts. Then Phillip knew that it wasn’t Solstice, it was Stephen. He tried to think back to them, but they were concentrating too hard on keeping their conversation private. Phillip clicked again. “Illumna, I am sorry for your fate, but I need a favor…”
“I got it Phillip.” Illumna responds in his mind. “I agree. I’m with you on this, but you can’t think about it. Eventually they will realize what you plan to do. If Brian spent all of that time planning his move and yet somehow he’s assured himself that his own idea would fail, you can bet he will stop you if he guesses what you want to do.”
“So Brian is the man I met? If he was my father why didn’t he just tell me?” Phillip asked.
“You already knew that Phillip. Just go with your gut. For now, you should click back to who you are thinking about. You can’t be here. Time is confusing, Phillip, but you’ll figure it out. I’m sorry for your fate.” Illumna thinks to him with more emotion than she has shown to others.
“I see. How will I learn all of this?” Phillip asks.
“It takes time. Be wary and don’t abuse your skill. Just because you can do a thing does not mean that you should. For me, I’ll see you soon. For the you that you are now, it will be awhile, but you will do fine, Phillip. You are brave, sometimes foolish, but overall, you learn quickly.”
Phillip clicked. Then he watched as the machines dosed model KRY-1-CT-A1 through one of the many tubes running into her body and out of it. He knew it could be one of several things, amino acids, hormones, etc. Some designed to get a reaction and some designed to repress other reactions. He knew now that Solstice was not the one doing this to her, but it was her mind that made all of this possible. He couldn’t hold back the hatred he felt for her, even if she wasn’t directly responsible. Then he considered how much Illumna had been involved. It was strange he made a secret pact with Illumna. He had heard Illumna’s mind and knew how deeply she loved Solstice. That love that was immortal. He considered moving forward in time to see if his actions had a good or bad effect. He supposed that Solstice had done that often. The problem was, it didn’t mean much. With all of his family line and those of the other family, he realized that what he saw did not mean that was what would happen. They could change it. He also realized that his quest to take out Stephen was a bit hypocritical. Stephen planned on stopping the changes. Phillip couldn’t be against that, he was against the way in which Stephen planned to make that happen. If just one of them went back and farted, there would be a tsunami of change in which way the wind blew for the next few thousand years. Considering his own thought, Phillip made a choice to be far more careful about clicking in time.
CHAPTER 3
“I was bored. I needed him at first. Otherwise, despite my uniqueness, I would have withered. In the end, I loved him more than any other aspect of life. Being with him was even more important than breathing. He is more than he will accept. He knows this, in some ways, but not in others. I exist to help him more than he exists to help me. Yet, he gives every second of his life to help me. That’s him and why I love him so deeply.” --
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