this man could actually see the future.
Caleb nodded calmly. “Like I said when we first met, you were a surprise, but now that events have begun to unfold, the future is starting to come clearer.” He settled back and took a sip of his wine. “I see possibilities, Jaci, and I don’t see every little thing that’s going to happen. Sometimes I get bombarded with a series of visions and they won’t let me rest until I’ve seen them through. Other times?most times?I don’t see anything in particular, only random events.”
“That is so fascinating. I bet you have people asking you all the time what’s in store for them.”
“No, actually, it has the opposite effect?at least on humans. They fear what I have to say more often than not. Back in the old world, I tried to warn some of my friends what was coming but they refused to listen.
I only managed to convince my immediate family, my wife and brothers, that we had to move up to the Rockies and set up our own little survivalist world up there. Thank God they believed me.”
“We’ve met once before you know. Back when you first came here, Mara 12 asked me to set you up with a recording device.”
Caleb leaned back and smiled. “I remember you now. Shy little thing who didn’t get my humor. You’ll be glad to know I’ve made good use of that device. I don’t think Mara and her group have a clue what my precognitive visions mean on the whole, but I bet they’re tracking my percentage of correct predictions.”
She nodded with a grin. “You’re running about ninety-five percent with a five percent margin of error.
The techs take turns checking your stats.”
“You hear that, Harry?” Caleb grinned at his step-son. “Five percent margin of error. Makes me damn near perfect, I’d say. And that’s just the visions I’ve given them to play with.”
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Jaci looked at him out of the corner of her eye. “I don’t mean to be rude, but there is some speculation that you don’t tell us everything.”
Caleb laughed outright at that. “Damn straight I don’t tell your scientists everything! What would be the use of that? Half my visions tell me the way of life they’ve dictated for ten generations of your kind is about to fall by the wayside and you, my friend, are just the beginning of the fall. I doubt Mara would welcome that news.”
Jaci gasped, thinking through the implications of his words. “She might very well change her plans for the experiment should she guess what upheaval will be wrought by her actions.”
Harry caught her attention. “I see you understand why it’s important not to say anything just yet.”
“Jaci, honey, I’m going to tell you straight out that things are changing for your people. It may seem difficult at first, but believe me, this change can only bring good for your kind as well as my own. Your people will die out in another few generations unless something radical happens.”
Her eyes widened. “Grafting human DNA with our own to return emotion is pretty radical.”
Caleb nodded solemnly. “You begin to understand.”
“I’ve done extensive research into the ancient texts of the Alvian race,” Harry told her quietly, “and I see the reason the scientists intervened in the first place. Your race was much more violent than humans ever were. I’m not saying humans didn’t have some bloody battles and absolutely heinous behavior in our distant past, but by the time of the cataclysm, most of my human ancestors had evolved into more peaceful beings who used diplomacy and negotiation first before force of arms were ever considered. I concluded that humans and human-Alvian Breeds have strong emotion, but much less aggression than pure Alvians had.”
“Mixing human and Alvian DNA also produced strong psychic abilities in subsequent generations,”
Caleb reminded them. “We don’t really know if pure humans had the psychic abilities and the mix with Alvian DNA brought it out or if it’s the
Caleb nodded calmly. “Like I said when we first met, you were a surprise, but now that events have begun to unfold, the future is starting to come clearer.” He settled back and took a sip of his wine. “I see possibilities, Jaci, and I don’t see every little thing that’s going to happen. Sometimes I get bombarded with a series of visions and they won’t let me rest until I’ve seen them through. Other times?most times?I don’t see anything in particular, only random events.”
“That is so fascinating. I bet you have people asking you all the time what’s in store for them.”
“No, actually, it has the opposite effect?at least on humans. They fear what I have to say more often than not. Back in the old world, I tried to warn some of my friends what was coming but they refused to listen.
I only managed to convince my immediate family, my wife and brothers, that we had to move up to the Rockies and set up our own little survivalist world up there. Thank God they believed me.”
“We’ve met once before you know. Back when you first came here, Mara 12 asked me to set you up with a recording device.”
Caleb leaned back and smiled. “I remember you now. Shy little thing who didn’t get my humor. You’ll be glad to know I’ve made good use of that device. I don’t think Mara and her group have a clue what my precognitive visions mean on the whole, but I bet they’re tracking my percentage of correct predictions.”
She nodded with a grin. “You’re running about ninety-five percent with a five percent margin of error.
The techs take turns checking your stats.”
“You hear that, Harry?” Caleb grinned at his step-son. “Five percent margin of error. Makes me damn near perfect, I’d say. And that’s just the visions I’ve given them to play with.”
76
Jaci looked at him out of the corner of her eye. “I don’t mean to be rude, but there is some speculation that you don’t tell us everything.”
Caleb laughed outright at that. “Damn straight I don’t tell your scientists everything! What would be the use of that? Half my visions tell me the way of life they’ve dictated for ten generations of your kind is about to fall by the wayside and you, my friend, are just the beginning of the fall. I doubt Mara would welcome that news.”
Jaci gasped, thinking through the implications of his words. “She might very well change her plans for the experiment should she guess what upheaval will be wrought by her actions.”
Harry caught her attention. “I see you understand why it’s important not to say anything just yet.”
“Jaci, honey, I’m going to tell you straight out that things are changing for your people. It may seem difficult at first, but believe me, this change can only bring good for your kind as well as my own. Your people will die out in another few generations unless something radical happens.”
Her eyes widened. “Grafting human DNA with our own to return emotion is pretty radical.”
Caleb nodded solemnly. “You begin to understand.”
“I’ve done extensive research into the ancient texts of the Alvian race,” Harry told her quietly, “and I see the reason the scientists intervened in the first place. Your race was much more violent than humans ever were. I’m not saying humans didn’t have some bloody battles and absolutely heinous behavior in our distant past, but by the time of the cataclysm, most of my human ancestors had evolved into more peaceful beings who used diplomacy and negotiation first before force of arms were ever considered. I concluded that humans and human-Alvian Breeds have strong emotion, but much less aggression than pure Alvians had.”
“Mixing human and Alvian DNA also produced strong psychic abilities in subsequent generations,”
Caleb reminded them. “We don’t really know if pure humans had the psychic abilities and the mix with Alvian DNA brought it out or if it’s the
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