ISLAND IN THE SAND
PART XXVIII
Star looked into first Wren’s and then Jameson’s eyes before saying anything. Her stares were returned with the same stupefying looks she knew she had to be sending to them with her own facial expression.
“Why can you not…” Star began, speaking to the house, but was cut off by Wren mid-sentence.
Excitement still has me at the edge of the seat waiting for more. Thank you LT .
Thanks Jim, it is my pleasure to continue the story. Just finished the next segment sitting here on the shore of the Pacific at five a.m.
Thanks for the compliment too..
Semper fi,
Jim
Well Strauss…I’ll cut to the chase! You’ve renewed and maintained the concept of a barn-burner, without doubt! As epochal an event as the nervous chuckle I recently got from a friend! Which came after I’d predicted months(years?) earlier, how his smart TV ( having suggested it could see him, hear him, and even guide events and programming “specifically” for his cognitive interests) would soon invite him by snail mail to an exclusive dinner at his favorite buffet restaurant for a seminar regarding his most pressing concern of that moment, “How to financially improve “his” retirement!” Certainly changed his perspective! He may actually be reading again, which hopefully works out for you, as well!
How easy can it be for we human beings to operate in ignorance our hearts.
Favoring instead some unconscious factual obeyance, prescribed mostly by our own knowledge and experience. Star’s machine shares with ninety-one’s a singularly unique facet. Wherein silence stands as their only protection against the plans of others. This facet our reminder of what and/or who, we really are and simply so, as by nothing more than a prodding finger. This chapter Mr. Strauss, opens wide the portal to limitless being…provided of course, the unspoken understanding of the difference between what we lay out for all with our spoken mind and what we share with far fewer, within our own hearts. Cybernetics be damned… Thank you! This chapter, a truly spirited and timely respite! Which…I dare say, helps this reader get back to feeling this story, all the more!
Brilliantly written comment and thoroughly enjoyed reading. Thank you D.D., as usual, for the stimulating thought and how well you lay those
thoughts down. I am smiling in re-reading…
Semper fi
Jim
Awesomeness. Wow! You have left me speechless.
A great thank you to you Nancy. It means a lot that I have supporters and yes, even fans, as dedicated as you.
Most Sincerely,
Semper fi
Jim
You have a young mind, Jim, how else could you develop this story? As you warned in comment from the last chapter, I am blown away. I wonder about the possibility of a competition between the entities with humans as pawns but my perception of size and thus power differences gets in the way. Gleefully befuddled would be accurate. Waiting on the next chapter with a grin on my face and a blank spot where your story ends.
Thanks Walt, yes it is some kind of space opera story, that’s for sure.
Semper fi,
My friend,
Jim
You sure gave me a lot to think about and digest in this episode. 91 does seem to be a key to understanding the rest even with the vast differences.
Thanks a ton Peter, as you opinion means a lot to me…
Semper fi,
JIm
Even without a lot of physical action in this chapter, you manage to keep me on the edge of my seat awaiting the next chapter.
Minor typo “… not(sb nor)should Theo be alive after being hit by that arrow”.
Thanks for the great compliment Bob. Life is filled with action and also the contemplation of such…
Appreciate the compliment…
Semper fi,
Jim
Thank you for your support and sharp eyes, Bob.
Corrected
Semper fi,
JIm