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answer the innuendos that statement would bring. “I’m going to take a nap now. Thanks for calling and have a happy New Year.”
“You too, hon. Call if you need anything.”
Sarah placed the telephone on the bedside table, closed her eyes and waited for Aris to call. Every day her need to see him, to be in his presence, grew more pronounced. When she thought of living without him, she felt sad and alone. When she contemplated a future with him, she was both frightened and excited. His worlddrew her in an unexplainable way she could no longer deny.
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Wrapped in blankets and snuggled on the sofa in front of the fireplace, Sarah sipped a mimosa. She wanted to share champagne with him for the New Year even though he thought she shouldn’t. She made a bargain, orange juice with just a splash of alcohol couldn’t hurt her. His glass rested on the coffee table. It was untouched except for their New Year’s toast. “The first of many,” his words rang in her mind. How many? Twenty, forty, forever?
“I just can’t think about the future right now .” She silenced her thoughts as she smiled at him.
He leaned toward her, placing his soft lips on her forehead. He hesitated a moment then looked into her eyes. “I think your temperature is normal once again. I had begun to worry. Influenza is dangerous.”
Smiling, Sarah spoke. “God bless antibiotics. I don’t like to take them, but sometimes they save the day.”
“There are so many scientific advances in your society, yet people basically remain much as they were centuries ago. I am amazed science has moved forward while consciousness has trailed so far behind. Humans still go to war after so much history has proven the only victor in battle is death. Men still murder even though it is obvious humans who take a life lose their own humanity, their very souls.”
“Is there no conflict in your world?”
“There is no conflict in the world of the Catacombs. There is only the Queen and King, Akira and Khansu, and the Immortals Akira has created. The Royal Council makes the laws and we uphold them. We have no human needs and we cannot die so we have nothing to fear. Without fear, there is no conflict. It is fear that fuels your civilization, that binds each one of you humans to aggression and hostility. It is fear that creates war and hatred.Nothing more, nothing less.”
“I do know what you mean about fear. It doesn’t exist, does it, unless we give it power?” She handed him her glass hoping for a refill.
He walked to the kitchen, returning with a glass of orange juice. She wrinkled her nose when she tasted it. It wasn’t what she wanted and he knew it. The champagne made her head feel less stuffed and her heart a bit more festive. “Don’t you think I could have just one more mimosa?”
“Drink this first. If you still would like to have it, I will bring it to you. I have researched your illness on the computer and most accounts suggest large amounts of vitamin C.”
She downed it quickly, then, smiling, handed him the glass once more.
“Alright, you win.” Again he crossed to the kitchen. When he gave her the refilled champagne glass, she sniffed the contents.
“Better.” She sipped then placed the glass on the coffee table. “Now, please tell me more of your society.”
He leaned back on the sofa, stretching his long legs; he rested his stockinged feet on the table in front of the fire. He placed hers on his lap tucking the blanket securely around her.
“What do you want to know?”
“What do you do all day in the Catacombs to keep you busy for all eternity? Don’t you run out of things?”
“We do not experience time as you do. Because we have no human needs, one moment is much the same as the next. So there is no concept of weeks or years.
“We are a studious society. We read. We have our own level of scientific research. We hunt. We are artists and craftsmen. We develop relationships. After all, we inhabit a human body Sarah.
“You too, hon. Call if you need anything.”
Sarah placed the telephone on the bedside table, closed her eyes and waited for Aris to call. Every day her need to see him, to be in his presence, grew more pronounced. When she thought of living without him, she felt sad and alone. When she contemplated a future with him, she was both frightened and excited. His worlddrew her in an unexplainable way she could no longer deny.
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Wrapped in blankets and snuggled on the sofa in front of the fireplace, Sarah sipped a mimosa. She wanted to share champagne with him for the New Year even though he thought she shouldn’t. She made a bargain, orange juice with just a splash of alcohol couldn’t hurt her. His glass rested on the coffee table. It was untouched except for their New Year’s toast. “The first of many,” his words rang in her mind. How many? Twenty, forty, forever?
“I just can’t think about the future right now .” She silenced her thoughts as she smiled at him.
He leaned toward her, placing his soft lips on her forehead. He hesitated a moment then looked into her eyes. “I think your temperature is normal once again. I had begun to worry. Influenza is dangerous.”
Smiling, Sarah spoke. “God bless antibiotics. I don’t like to take them, but sometimes they save the day.”
“There are so many scientific advances in your society, yet people basically remain much as they were centuries ago. I am amazed science has moved forward while consciousness has trailed so far behind. Humans still go to war after so much history has proven the only victor in battle is death. Men still murder even though it is obvious humans who take a life lose their own humanity, their very souls.”
“Is there no conflict in your world?”
“There is no conflict in the world of the Catacombs. There is only the Queen and King, Akira and Khansu, and the Immortals Akira has created. The Royal Council makes the laws and we uphold them. We have no human needs and we cannot die so we have nothing to fear. Without fear, there is no conflict. It is fear that fuels your civilization, that binds each one of you humans to aggression and hostility. It is fear that creates war and hatred.Nothing more, nothing less.”
“I do know what you mean about fear. It doesn’t exist, does it, unless we give it power?” She handed him her glass hoping for a refill.
He walked to the kitchen, returning with a glass of orange juice. She wrinkled her nose when she tasted it. It wasn’t what she wanted and he knew it. The champagne made her head feel less stuffed and her heart a bit more festive. “Don’t you think I could have just one more mimosa?”
“Drink this first. If you still would like to have it, I will bring it to you. I have researched your illness on the computer and most accounts suggest large amounts of vitamin C.”
She downed it quickly, then, smiling, handed him the glass once more.
“Alright, you win.” Again he crossed to the kitchen. When he gave her the refilled champagne glass, she sniffed the contents.
“Better.” She sipped then placed the glass on the coffee table. “Now, please tell me more of your society.”
He leaned back on the sofa, stretching his long legs; he rested his stockinged feet on the table in front of the fire. He placed hers on his lap tucking the blanket securely around her.
“What do you want to know?”
“What do you do all day in the Catacombs to keep you busy for all eternity? Don’t you run out of things?”
“We do not experience time as you do. Because we have no human needs, one moment is much the same as the next. So there is no concept of weeks or years.
“We are a studious society. We read. We have our own level of scientific research. We hunt. We are artists and craftsmen. We develop relationships. After all, we inhabit a human body Sarah.
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