The Otherness - Tim Watts-pages

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“You knew how ill I was, why did you all leave me like that?” As soon as I said this I knew I was addressing the wrong people. The reply, however, was fascinating because it now makes me realise that telepathy must have been used. They simply knew what I was referring to. I’m not sure if that was the exact reply but it was something to that effect. His answer had shown a bit of levity which I homed in on. I later learned how effective this form of communication can be as there can never be any misunderstandings. I suspect emotions are conveyed with their language and every message and gesture is properly received without saying “pardon”. Sometimes questions are answered before they even leave your mouth. For instance, while he was doing something to my head from behind, I still kept wondering where I actually was. I hadn’t wondered for long because one of the being’s small helpers walked round to me to demonstrate something. My first thought was that it was a fellow pupil dressed in a robe because of his size but my attention was immediately drawn to an object in his hand that he presented to me. I sat up and examined the object which appeared to be one of those bowIl-like toys that children play with, the ones filled with clear liquid that display a scene when you shake them--a snow globe. This was very similar in size and shape and was also filled with clear liquid only there was no moveable scene inside. Things seemed to happen when I moved it. The liquid inside was not as clear as I thought it might be, but a cascade of colours that were created just by slight movement. It wasn’t long before pictures were forming. I couldn’t believe that I was actually looking at a three-dimensional image of the cave type room we were in. As I viewed the crystal from above, I saw an aerial view of the room with an image of three brown robed beings examining a boy which I was fascinated to find was me. As I viewed the object from its side, I would see another angle and so on. This was the most convincing hologram I had ever seen because even our own versions are normally on flat objects and never real enough not to be able to decipher. I mean I could have actually believed there were tiny beings in that crystal moving around. The choice of image also seemed to depend on movement and as I tilted it further, the scene would shift to another one in seconds. The liquid would blacken and then out of nowhere came a new scene. I remember seeing a number of different images in this crystal that I couldn’t recognise, one of them being an image of outer space. I didn’t know what any of this was supposed to mean to me but I surmise it might have been a way of demonstrating where I actually was. First the 27 “You can always trust them to do that can’t you?”