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planet. It is just the physical process what happened to me when | was a "It is difficult to say this, but you of fitting you back into the normal young boy?" was my next question to should never really feel sorry for state—what you might call a denser Zeena. anyone. They are mostly living their being, a more compressed self. "Not exactly. We never took you off chosen life within a small degree of “The new material you have taken in, planet when you were young. We _ alteration. But this is a very deep the new information, never sticks. Itis presented you with a holographic subject and I am perhaps not skilled in like your dreams. In fact, it is exactly classroom or learning centre. We this area to give out too much like a dream memory. Some very simply made you invisible to others information. If you need to go deeper, small fractions you might remember, while this was being presented to you. | would refer you to my Guardian, the but quickly the details will fade and, You simply stepped out of your time Elder you met when you first came try as you might, you will lose most of zone for a short while. In actual Earth aboard, for surely then you would your recall. The only way we can_ time, mostly you were never gone for know more than you could ever restore it is to feed it back to you once more than a few moments. It was imagine. This is another place it is again in dreams, only over and over only very occasionally that you might dangerous to tread, because to know again until finally it becomes anormal have had some missing time: | mean, too much about the life you are living memory of a normal event. But even real-time outages where you don't _ is to endanger its existence. this does not always work. It is, as "Forgive me, Anu; I must leave you say, a hit-and-miss affair; and you for a short time. I feel I need as well as that, it will only work if "We never took you off planet guidance before | say or do we are in Earth time and space. | more.” can't do it from home. I, we, need when you were young. We to be in your airways, so to speak. presented you with a Acclimatising to a New Light Do you understand what | am This was the first and only holographic classroom or saying?" time that Zeena had excused "Well, yes. It sounds like a learning centre. We made you herself almost in mid-sentence. difficult job, kind of labour | jnvisible to others while this was Never before had | seen her being presented to you." intensive. I can see how you would not want to do it to everyone you put back," I replied. ways, it only endeared her to me "Exactly, and it might be best for all the more to know that she you if you don't remember, because remember what happened for part of a_ was not just an infallible machine from experience | think you will never day. This is very disruptive and we try regurgitating information like some be able to live a normal life again if not to do it very often. It would have computer program. It made me see your memory of this is fully restored. been important, whatever it was that her in a new light—a better light, in You should weigh the pros and cons of — could take away some of your real time _ fact. this very carefully. You are still young on Earth. But that is a dangerous road for me, in Earth years, with most of your life "If it helps you at all, it is only the and one that | would rather not travel ahead of you. Even if you are young, who are very important to us, down in relating my experiences to exceptional, | doubt you will survive to that this would ever happen to. Please you right now. For I was not sure how | live a normal life—or worse, it could believe me, Anu, when | say that we — should feel towards Zeena. | was still very well end your life if you try to care very much for you. We always are _a stranger in a strange land, in spite of convince the wrong people of what _ trying to protect you. We know that by what was being presented to me. | you have seen and done. interacting with you there is always a_ could still feel the resistance from "This is very dangerous territory and chance we could endanger you. But many of the crew when | was nearby, there are many on your planet that — ultimately it was always your choice to. perhaps with good cause on their would rather see the back of you, | _ live this life: that is a decision you. behalf because of the dangers they think. | hope | am making the dangers made before you were born. I did not face from humans when they come clear to you, Anu. I do not want to be see you choose your life, but | know anywhere near Earth time-space. But, responsible for harm coming your you would have been privy to most of _ all that aside, | was on my own here. | way.” he ups and downs of your life choice. _ felt that one wrong move from me and WIA nleernern nen Ware own rn than ennt Af thn thi falter in her presentation of information to me. In many VA eat ners Intaenatinag in tha what happened to me when | was a young boy?" was my next question to Zeena. “Not exactly. We never took you off planet when you were young. We presented you with a holographic classroom or learning centre. We simply made you invisible to others while this was being presented to you. You simply stepped out of your time zone for a short while. In actual Earth time, mostly you were never gone for more than a few moments. It was only very occasionally that you might have had some missing time: I mean, real-time outages where you don't "We never took you off planet when you were young. We presented you with a holographic classroom or learning centre. We made you invisible to others while this was being presented to you." remember what happened for part of a day. This is very disruptive and we try not to do it very often. It would have been important, whatever it was that could take away some of your real time on Earth. "If it helps you at all, it is only the young, who are very important to us, hat this would ever happen to. Please believe me, Anu, when I say that we care very much for you. We always are tying to protect you. We know that by interacting with you there is always a chance we could endanger you. But ultimately it was always your choice to ive this life: that is a decision you made before you were born. | did not see you choose your life, but I know you would have been privy to most of he ups and downs of your life choice. We always are. You, me, the rest of the world's population have all made choices. But that is a dangerous road for me, and one that I would rather not travel down in relating my experiences to you right now. For I was not sure how I should feel towards Zeena. | was still a stranger in a strange land, in spite of what was being presented to me. | could still feel the resistance from many of the crew when I was nearby, perhaps with good cause on their behalf because of the dangers they face from humans when they come anywhere near Earth time-space. But, all that aside, | was on my own here. | felt that one wrong move from me and things could get very interesting in the wrong sort of way. So once again | was left to my own Reviewing Childhood Memories "So this is why I can't remember 64 * NEXUS APRIL - MAY 2011 www.nexusmagazine.com