Blackbird by Martin Schiller

Author:Martin Schiller [Schiller, Martin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pantari Press
Published: 2017-03-24T23:00:00+00:00

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True to her word, Louise was gone the next day, which was somewhat of a relief. Although I had many questions for her about her life as a clone, I had discovered that I found her personality to be rather wearing. She was far too outgoing and too dissimilar in nature for my liking, however much we might have resembled one another.

Not that there would have been very much time to devote to such questions. I still had Hamilket’s wishes to honor, and mindful of this, I breakfasted, dressed, and went to meet with the Professor.

This time our appointment was not to take place in his quarters, but at his laboratory, which was situated in a separate part of the facility. I must admit that I expected to encounter a duplicate of his basement workshop, or something similar, and thus, I was wholly unprepared for what awaited me when I arrived.

Rather than being a small, close place, Merriweather’s new laboratory was housed in a spacious chamber, easily the same size as the one which had sheltered the Phaseships back at the wastelands base. It was also brightly lit and its center was dominated by a horseshoe-shaped control station, surrounded by concentric rings of low platforms.

At each one of these, mechanica were hard at work, monitoring various experiments. I recognized only a handful; most of the tasks that they were performing made no sense whatsoever to me. As for the Professor himself, he was seated at the control station, looking more like a concert pianist surrounded by his orchestra than a researcher, but his white lab coat firmly asserted his true profession.

Seeing me enter, he left his seat and greeted me with a warm smile. “Welcome, Penny! Now you see where I spend most of my days.”

I joined him and nodded. “Indeed. This is quite a change from your old digs.”

“Oh, you simply have no idea, my girl,” he answered, beaming with obvious pride. “When I awoke, the Masters set me straight to work, helping them to broaden our knowledge of Time and our adversaries.’

“The science that I have learned here beggars everything that I ever knew back in my old life! Why I have an entire section dedicated to the study of the electrical sciences. I have yet another devoted to the effects of magnetism and its effect on time, and another where I study the finer properties of light.’

“Did you know that a simple light beam, focused to the right level of intensity can transmit information just as clearly as any telegraph wire? Better even?”

Then he remembered himself. “But just listen to me, carrying on like an excited child babbling about his toys when there is more important business to attend to. Please, may I offer you any refreshment?”

I politely refused, and took the seat that he offered me. As I did so, I spotted another human, also attired in a white lab coat. It was Edward, and when we made eye contact, he came over to us.

“Good morning, Penny,” he said, giving me an affectionate hug.

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