Thoughts on Partnership
"Choose the nearest star; decide how long you're willing to travel, how fast you will need to go to get there in that time, what you will have to take with you, and how many should be in the crew. Make it a one-way suicide mission if you wish. As a final step, calculate the kinetic energy that must be imparted to the spaceship to get you there in that time (one half the mass times the velocity squared.) I suggest you stay away from the relativistic limit; it complicates the calculation and won't help you anyway. The good news is that you will then sleep secure in the knowledge that UFOs from elsewhere in the galaxy are not subjecting humans to hideous experiments." --Bob Park
No, it isn't aliens. I do believe that. I do however believe in a conspiracy that dates back to a time we now see as romantic and innocent, a time we speak of in terms of those "solid American values." A time when the government was expirimenting on its own citizens and interning innocent people.
I am a loyal and devoted public servant. And I know truths I would rather not know.
A friend of mine, a dear friend, is in trouble. She is dying, from a disease given to her by a series of expiriments and because she fought back and survived, they are trying to take life from her. If I were a religious man, I would dare to equate her to Eve herself, or the Blessed Virgin. There have been moments in the years since I met her that I have thought of her as Goddess and have been glad she was in love with another man because I could too easily join the cult of those who would die to protect her.
I have not heard from these friends for a while. For our mutual safety it is often best if we travel outside of each other's circles, connecting only in the most extreme circumstances. Rules have been broken for them, breaches I would rather not catch up to me now. As it is, I look over my shoulder constantly. My relationship with Mary has changed and they would use it against me.
Mary does not know. I do not know if I dare to tell her. She'll laugh and roll her eyes and when she asks if I am serious, I don't know if I can tell her the truth. It is not even that she doesn't not want to believe, it is that she will not be open to the ideas. At least, not until proof of them has crossed her path. she needs to see that first, and then I can talk to her. What is worse, there are things that if she were to know, it could hurt her career. I cannot do that to her.
Can I?
She would tell me that she's my partner and she follows me, unquestioningly. But that is what I worry about most.
I'm getting ahead of myself. First, before I speak to Mary, and get her involved in this, there's an email I need to answer.
No, it isn't aliens. I do believe that. I do however believe in a conspiracy that dates back to a time we now see as romantic and innocent, a time we speak of in terms of those "solid American values." A time when the government was expirimenting on its own citizens and interning innocent people.
I am a loyal and devoted public servant. And I know truths I would rather not know.
A friend of mine, a dear friend, is in trouble. She is dying, from a disease given to her by a series of expiriments and because she fought back and survived, they are trying to take life from her. If I were a religious man, I would dare to equate her to Eve herself, or the Blessed Virgin. There have been moments in the years since I met her that I have thought of her as Goddess and have been glad she was in love with another man because I could too easily join the cult of those who would die to protect her.
I have not heard from these friends for a while. For our mutual safety it is often best if we travel outside of each other's circles, connecting only in the most extreme circumstances. Rules have been broken for them, breaches I would rather not catch up to me now. As it is, I look over my shoulder constantly. My relationship with Mary has changed and they would use it against me.
Mary does not know. I do not know if I dare to tell her. She'll laugh and roll her eyes and when she asks if I am serious, I don't know if I can tell her the truth. It is not even that she doesn't not want to believe, it is that she will not be open to the ideas. At least, not until proof of them has crossed her path. she needs to see that first, and then I can talk to her. What is worse, there are things that if she were to know, it could hurt her career. I cannot do that to her.
Can I?
She would tell me that she's my partner and she follows me, unquestioningly. But that is what I worry about most.
I'm getting ahead of myself. First, before I speak to Mary, and get her involved in this, there's an email I need to answer.