The Cypher by Julian Rosado-Machain

Author:Julian Rosado-Machain [Rosado-Machain, Julian]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw, mobi
Tags: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult
ISBN: 9781450748582
Goodreads: 10764418
Publisher: Julian Rosado-Machain
Published: 2011-02-25T16:00:00+00:00

Connections and Signs

The cryptologists of Guardians Inc. had questioned Thomas to no avail. He’d been asked to describe what he saw at the faun construction and then paint it. A psychotherapist had tried to get him to write a song about the image, and a cryptanalyst asked him to express in numbers what he saw.

Everything failed. The image was clear in his mind, a sea of gold, rippling under him until sunrise turned it incandescent. He could recall every detail, every wave and ripple and even the feeling of burning as the sunlight reflected off from it. It was just a flash of memory seared on his mind. But, he just couldn’t express it. Not with words or by drawing it.

It was the most vexing feeling, just like when he was little during a hot summer day and his mom told him he couldn’t go swimming in the pool right away because he just had lunch.

Doctor Franco drew the line when a psychologist suggested hypnotherapy to retrieve the information.

“It may well be only accessible to you,” the Doctor told Thomas after a final round of questions. “Better leave it there where it’s safe.” He pointed to his head with the cane. “Records show that the previous Cyphers had the same problem up until they had enough clues to find the Book.”

“How many Cyphers exist?” Thomas asked. He had just started reading about the History of Guardians Inc., but it was a daunting process, like trying to read and remember an encyclopedia.

“There have been many Cyphers –Da Vinci was a Cypher, and so was Marco Polo, Saladin, and Helen of Troy. There’s probably some people out there right now who don’t know that they’re Cyphers. It’s an ability that maybe one in a hundred million humans possess,” the Doctor said. “But to unlock it, develop it, and to know how to use it, and especially to find the Book of Concord, has only happened twelve times. Twelve Guardians of Twilight – if you succeed in finding the book you’ll be the thirteenth. Let me show you something.”

They entered through the corridor of the mansion and stood under the stained-glass window. The moonlight shone, brightly illuminating the Egyptian eye logo in a faint silvery light.

“It’s weird,” Thomas said. “I can recall ithe sign exactly as I saw it for the first time. I just can’t talk about it. Can’t you read my mind?”

The Doctor concentrated but stopped after a couple of seconds. “It’s a blank, but I’m not surprised. I must confess, I tried to read your mind when you were studying the stained-glass window a couple of days ago, but I got the same blank.”

“You mean this one?” Thomas looked up. The first time he saw the stained-glass window, the Guardians Inc. eye had been surrounded by signs and hieroglyphics, but ever since unlocking his Cypher power, he could read the lines of text as easily as anything else.

“Yes, can you tell me what they mean?”

“Sure, the first line is…” Thomas’s voice trailed off.

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