LiTTLE CHERiNE Book 01 - post164
Wendy was still sitting on my lap. She suddenly turned and gave them all a huge grin. “Well it worked. He let me into his mind and I saw.” She stared at all the puzzled faces. “I know I am the least pretty of all of you. I could not understand why he would love me when he has you. Claudia, his mind, his heart, it was full of love for me. It was real. His love was so strong he could not bear to see me cry. He fought without his protector, again and again, for me!!”
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Cherine began to laugh. She gave me a quick kiss and I saw a glow in her eyes that lifted my spirits like nothing else had.
“Dommi, can’t you see? This is our Robert. Even when he messes up, he does it for us. Somehow, even when he does the wrong thing, it turns out to have been the right thing to help us. Look inside Wendy. Feel how she is better now. Do you think she would have been better if he had come and held her, told her he loves her? That stupid wonk of a heart he has, the pain he felt because a little girl cried, his anger, his craziness, it all helped show Wendy how she is loved. Wow! I almost wish he had done it for me…I just wish he didn’t have to scare the blubbedy-blub out of us all by getting the knife stuck into him. I felt that pain!!”
Things went crazy for me for a while. My little cub had come to my defence and she made everything right for me. I still have to spend some time thinking and learning from my mistakes, but at least my loved ones all opened their hearts of love to me again. They wanted to go dancing and I played stupid and told them to all become at least eighteen; I cannot take a bunch of kids and babies to a disco. I really wanted the gayety of having fun, not the intensity of our real dancing, however wonderful it is. It turned into a wonderful evening of supper and dancing and my bevy (συντροφιά) of beauties making me the proudest man alive - not that I know any dead men who are prouder. I made sure I showed my appreciation that night, even though I felt strange having a bunch of teenagers in my bed. I teased them that it should be illegal for grown up girls to make love with a paedophile, that they should be found guilty of statutory rape and they laughingly agreed with me, claiming I have the mind and intelligence of a little boy, but did not change back to little girls until the morning.
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The next day I was in a good mood for work. I managed to do more in that one day than I usually have done in a week during the last half year. I used my server program to send everything over to Alki and called the girls in. Being in a mood to get things done, I decided to tackle what has been on my mind for a while. I had brought in the girls for a ‘powwow’.
“We need to start organising ourselves. I have decided that we are discovering that a lot we, or I, thought were true, are not really so. I want to call a ‘MGM’. Instead of an AGM, ‘annual general meeting’ as big companies do, we make it a monthly one. It is not necessary for everyone to come, but at least one person from each family circle, even those which are not fully formed yet must come. We can all find out what new developments there have been, examine new ways of looking at things and new rules we have to set for ourselves.
It is important we set rules that we all follow as a group. If we do not and each group makes their own rules, the world will soon learn about us and we’ll be hunted by those who fear mutations - or, because they believe Man was made in the image of God, they’ll see us as abominations (βδέλυγμα) who must be wiped off the face of our planet. I want our decisions, our rules to be made jointly, as one group, not each circle making their own, since, if something goes wrong, we will have to fight as a group.”
Dommi pulled a face, the distaste at my suggestion obvious. “I do not agree Roberto. I have spent years watching my father. Apart from his shipping interests, he has shares and is a Director in some public companies. Those board meetings never get anything done and even with us, soon there will be more politics being played, juggling for positions of strength, back-biting, than work and good being done. They are all happy to listen to you, they see you as the leader. Leave it at that.”
“Dommi, a Greek woman telling me not to opt for democracy? To be a despot?” I half-teased.
“Yes. Most definitely. I do not have the same beliefs you have in the inherent goodness of man. Nor in their commonsense. Roberto, when you have a formula that is successful, do not mess with it. Changes should only be made as necessary.”
“But love, all of you will agree, I have made so many mistakes. So many things I saw as being part of our new gifts turned out to be wrong.”
“You are missing the point, Roberto mou, at least you laid ground rules. That is important. Equally important is that you are the first to admit when you are wrong - often before any of us have realised it. Do you think a committee will be equally willing to admit their errors?”
They were all against me. Somehow Alki and Marian got dragged into it. They listened to my arguments and what the girls had to say. What I think was the most important to me was the attitude of the babies, since they are not so much a part of the old ways. It was stunning to find that not one of them agreed with me. I had hoped they would be more idealistic and back me on my decision.
Alki took his turn and explained how he feels. “Roberto, do you think I am not a staunch believer in democracy? Do you see me advocating democracy in my business? Do you really think my businesses would be as successful if they were run by men and women who use doublespeak (διγλωσσία) so as to avoid responsibility when they are wrong, blaming the market or the workers for their mistakes?
We all know the socialist attitude, that the workers are also entitled to be part of the decision-making. They claim that, as I risk my capital, so their livelihood is at risk. Bullshit! If they had the kind of mentality it takes to create and successfully run a business, they would be running their own, not working for me. If I employ an electrician, I do not tell him how to do his job, I employed him because he is an expert, or at least proficient (εντριβής) at doing his job - just as I am at doing mine. Dominique is right. You have a formula which has proven to be successful, leave it alone.”
He surprised me by adding, “Roberto mou, you maybe do not realise that all of us admire you. Not because you are always right, but because you are always the first to see when you are not right, and say so, even if it embarrasses you. You never hesitate to ask for advice. You have no thirst for power, no vanity to be pampered to. I would not like to see this change. I would not even trust myself on such a committee, for with all the best of intentions, I would respond to the others and their ambitions and my ambition would soon be driving me to jockey for more power.”
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“Alki, you do not agree with the theories of Alexander the Great? When he was conquering the known world, his enlightened views on how he should deal with those he conquered earned him their loyalty. For instance, as he conquered Persian cities, he developed a philosophy he named omonoia, hoping to turn the Persians from enemies of the Greeks to friends. In each State, he allowed them self-rule because he was influenced by Athens and their Democracy.” Despite the serious conversation, I could not help grinning as I told them, “The Persian king, Darius III remained Alexander’s enemy until the day he died, and yet, his own mother, Sisygambis, when she was offered help to escape from Alexander, to be returned to her son, refused and gave her allegiance to Alexander because she admired him - I suppose you could say it was as Marian did with me, because of…” I ducked as she threw a pillow at me.
The moment the laughter died out, Dommi told me with all the force of her conviction, “Forget about your theories and Alexander, we choose our leader, not you - and we have chosen you!”
Thoroughly squelched I capitulated. Cherine could not resist taking a dig at me. I suppose she was recalling the time I forced her to take over. She whispered in my mind ‘nice try’ and sent me a mischievous grin across the room. Sam’s serious eyes were boring into me and I wondered what she was thinking - she was keeping her thoughts to herself.
I realised that my talk of Alexander the Great had been leading my thoughts in an important direction. “Dommi, I’ll ask you to indulge me for a moment, for I have something else to say about Alexander. According to the history book I read, until he reached Persia, Alexander lived and fought alongside his soldiers and they were devoted to him. Once he had conquered most of Persia, he adopted Persian clothing and demanded his officers bend their knee to him. Later, in India, he declared himself a son of the gods, and expected to be idolised by his soldiers. They rebelled and he had to use various tricks to keep them in line. Reading what I just mentioned, keeping in mind his previous theories about harmony and friendship rather than dictatorship, I felt sad at how such a great man could go wrong. He already was adored by his men, officers and soldiers, he did not need to try to elevate himself. These thoughts helped or led me to formulating a rule I wish us to live under.
Nobody who is linked and gains gifts from the link is to ever use his or her gifts for ruling others, whether any linked persons or what I will call the non-gifted from now on, the Normals. This rule applies to all of us, including Cherine and myself. Misuse of our gifts means they are then no longer gifts, just powers, and it is the duty of all of us to fight and stop that person, even should that person be adored by us or of our own family. Our gifts are for helping and protecting others, not for ruling them.”
Samantha said, “I hope we don’t make too many rules Robert, I don’t like rules. I prefer we each make rules for ourselves, according to what we think is important. For instance, I have a rule I made for myself. I must not demand that others always honour their commitments to me, I may only expect and hope they will. However, I do demand that I always honour all my promises and commitments to others.”
Alki nodded, “I am happy to live my life according to these two rules.” Everyone else quickly confirmed their agreements.
I added, “I’m not certain my thoughts qualify as a new set of rules, but I’ve been thinking about privacy - as it should apply to telepathic people. I’m still in the process of developing my beliefs, but I’ll give you the gist of how I hope we’ll evolve.
I’ll start off from the point of view of how I see it should be within our family. If everyone agrees I’m on the right path, we can then generalise the rules.
Our love is high-lighted by our gifts so that it feels, for each of us, not only as if we have reached a deeper understanding of each other than any other lovers have throughout the history of our world, but that our closeness and openness keeps growing, so that with every passing day we are bonding ever more tightly. Part of this closeness comes from our ability to sense and share our emotions and thoughts, which means we also know each other better than any other person has ever known another.
A lot of what we are experiencing is not only unique, but also unbelievably beautiful. There is something incredibly liberating about knowing that you have seen into the depths of my mind and memories and still love me - even those parts of me I have reason to feel ashamed of. I have sensed you each feel the same way.
All that I have just spoken of is blinding us as to the direction we are travelling in. We are not growing our love; if we are not careful, what we have done is find a new way to kill love and destroy the human part of our souls.”
For those readers who have not understood, when they speak using telepathy, what they say is enclosed within stars, and the thoughts exchanged are in italic.
e.g *Hi, I bet you are wishing you could read thoughts.*?
Αλέξανδρος Ζήνον Ευσταθίου
(Alexander Zenon Eustace)2nd July, 2018
* posted on Steemit: 2nd July, 2018
Thanks for sharing this post....i really laernt a lot from it....well done.
καλήμερα, προσπαθούνε να διοργανωθούν ε;; για να δούμε θα τα καταφέρουν;;;
This is a problem that lasts for many years. Robert does not trust himself as leader, he feels there should be someone like Alki; a serious and capable man.
Luckily, later on, Samantha takes a strong stand and helps Robert.
To egrapsa sta Agglika gia na katalavoun olloi.
Tha arhiso na kano post ena allo mithistorima (apo to vivlio LC) "Ivgos" - alla einai entelos diaforetiko apo afto, to proto vivlio. Elpizo na vries to hrono na to diavazeis...kai na sou aresei.
θα προσπαθήσω!!! Καλό βράδυ..
I efhi sou den epiase - to revma kopike ollo to vradi. Ekane poli kryo kai etsi den mporesa na koimitho eos tis 11 to proi simera. Horis internet, oute computer, kai horis kafe...aman!
ποπο... ας το ελπίζουμε ότι δε θα ξανα γίνει...