Quantum Entangled: A Quantum Series Mystery by Douglas Phillips

Author:Douglas Phillips [Phillips, Douglas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-14T16:00:00+00:00

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Entangled

“I will explain what I can,” Theesah-ma told Daniel. “But I am not a time mentor. Time entanglement is complex. A science studied by Litian-nolos for generations. Some say we are masters. But a time mentor will tell you such mastery is impossible.”

She reached out with knobby arms and took Daniel’s hands. “But first, please tell me of these visions.” She emphasized the last word with the skepticism of a parent addressing their child’s imaginary playmate.

Vision. Dream. Premonition. Daniel wished for a more scientific vocabulary. “Dreams back on Earth. But there were two more here. Different. Maybe hallucinations, I’m not sure. My dreams on Earth started with someone calling me to come here. Was it you?”

“A common mistake,” Theesah-ma diagnosed. “Some feel compelled. Some call it a duty. But no one is calling. Not even Hataki-ka, a Litian-nolo time mentor who wisely advised me to intercept you. It is the entanglement that compels you. Nothing else.” She pulled on his hand. “Please, go on.”

Daniel continued with the delirium he’d experienced in the desert. He explained the odd feeling of floating in space, the gentle voice – Theesah-ma’s voice, he believed. A large disc of glass with beveled edges and a red laser that flashed across a star-filled sky. Theesah-ma nodded as he talked but said nothing.

Daniel was careful about the second hallucination, pointing out that although he was certain the being who crafted events of the future was a Litian-nolo, he couldn’t say for certain it was Theesah-ma. As he explained, he realized that he’d fallen into the age-old trap of “they all look the same to me”. Its racist origins applied equally to alien species.

Nala hung tight on Daniel’s arm as he spoke. Theesah-ma absorbed the story in silence, her large green eyes closing at times.

When he was finished, Theesah-ma offered her own interpretation. “Not visions. But not hallucinations either. Ajadu was right in advising you to seek help.”

The birdman hadn’t given that specific advice, but Theesah-ma seemed to be offering an olive branch to the Colonist. Ajadu, his hood pulled over his head once more, leaned against the glass wall of the loft, paying more attention to the activity in the Jheean corridor below.

Theesah-ma lowered her voice. “An inflection point is coming.”

Nala winced. She’d clearly heard this pronouncement before.

Theesah-ma explained. “Litian-nolo time mentors have seen it. And, lovely Daniel, you have seen it too. But due to inexperience, you misinterpret it.”

Daniel didn’t mind the snub. His curiosity was off the charts. Finally, there was someone to explain these dreams, these hallucinations – this entanglement.

Theesah-ma continued. “I have studied humans. I have read about you, Daniel Rice. You are a time traveler, are you not?”

“Once. Thirty years into our future.”

Technically, there had been three forward jumps. The first to 2053, but from there he’d leaped all the way to the twenty-fifth century to save his own skin. Then once more to 2053 to save Jacquelyn – Jackie Jetson, as Nala had named her.

“Even one transition through time is enough. You are entangled.

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