also like to remind you that he’s much stronger than a normal man. If anything does happen we run and call for soldiers. He could snap your armlike a stick… Understand?”
As soon as he said that I found myself wishing the man would turn violent and kill Horus right in front of me… I’d love to see him snap Horus’ neck “like a stick.”
“Yes, of course.”
Horus finished typing, stood up and handed me a chart, snapping me out of my morbid fantasy…
“Ok, I’m going to perform a series of tests. For each test you will write in a score of 1 to 10… His initial score was 17. The average person generally scores around 90 to 100. Our goal is to get him up to around a 30 or 40. I think once that’s achieved they’ll be able to do manual labor and take commands without any issues.”
He performed various tests such as showing the native a formation of blocks that interested him, mixing them up, and then seeing how long it took him to come close to putting them back.
Horus spoke and acted as if he were a loving father guiding a child through life. He genuinely sounded like he cared… To me, it just showcased what a brilliant actor and liar he is…
Surprisingly, in just a few hours Horus was able to teach him quite a bit. Even to understand a few words. The native went from sporadic and nonresponsive to being able to differentiate between “block” and “puzzle” right before my eyes… It wasastonishing to say the very least and Horus was shaking with excitement…
I on the other hand, just became even angrier because the more intelligent the native became the more I felt he deserved to be free.
I could see the child-like innocence in his eyes as he looked up at Horus. He had no idea what was really going on… What Horus had been doing to his people. He had no idea how terrified he should be. Or how lucky he is to be alive…
Eventually, Horus stated the testing was done and walked over to me, still in a state of bliss.
“Atlas, I don’t even really need to look at the chart, I already know there’s been a substantial improvement.”
I had to keep up the illusion that I had great respect for his work so I said “Absolutely, I can see it too. There’s no question… It’s remarkable... All of your hard work has finally paid off. I knew it would Horus.”
After he studied the chart, he happily concluded the native had scored a 37.
He turned to me, looking as though he had conquered the world, and said “Do you realize that when we leave, we will have gifted them with several hundred thousand years of evolution?.. They’d probably discover the wheel within a few generations!.. And I could keep going if I want to Atlas, I could bring him to at least a 60!.. But thatwould be too high. It could cause problems for us.”
He was so thrilled, he ran over to the phone and proudly reported his accomplishments to Neros, meanwhile requesting to have more natives captured.
After he explained what he had done, I heard him say “Empty out some of the larger storage rooms, I’ll have it ready for mass distribution soon… I’ll be able to treat hundreds of them a month. We’ll be able to go back to Aeris in less than the projected time, without a doubt.”
In my head I added “At the expense of the natives.”
It looked as though Commander Neros and the ACI would get their wish…
As soon as Horus was done he came back over to me and said “I’m sure you overhead what the plan is now, so go ahead and take the rest of the day off. You’ve been working very hard and you deserve it. They won’t have everything set up until tomorrow and I want to make sure our perfect specimen doesn’t show any signs of side effects… Anything could happen over the next few hours. But I’d bet it’s safe to say he’s our first successful subject…”
I happily accepted the time away from the lab and forced myself to say “Congratulations, I can’t wait to get back to work” and shake his hand.
The
As soon as he said that I found myself wishing the man would turn violent and kill Horus right in front of me… I’d love to see him snap Horus’ neck “like a stick.”
“Yes, of course.”
Horus finished typing, stood up and handed me a chart, snapping me out of my morbid fantasy…
“Ok, I’m going to perform a series of tests. For each test you will write in a score of 1 to 10… His initial score was 17. The average person generally scores around 90 to 100. Our goal is to get him up to around a 30 or 40. I think once that’s achieved they’ll be able to do manual labor and take commands without any issues.”
He performed various tests such as showing the native a formation of blocks that interested him, mixing them up, and then seeing how long it took him to come close to putting them back.
Horus spoke and acted as if he were a loving father guiding a child through life. He genuinely sounded like he cared… To me, it just showcased what a brilliant actor and liar he is…
Surprisingly, in just a few hours Horus was able to teach him quite a bit. Even to understand a few words. The native went from sporadic and nonresponsive to being able to differentiate between “block” and “puzzle” right before my eyes… It wasastonishing to say the very least and Horus was shaking with excitement…
I on the other hand, just became even angrier because the more intelligent the native became the more I felt he deserved to be free.
I could see the child-like innocence in his eyes as he looked up at Horus. He had no idea what was really going on… What Horus had been doing to his people. He had no idea how terrified he should be. Or how lucky he is to be alive…
Eventually, Horus stated the testing was done and walked over to me, still in a state of bliss.
“Atlas, I don’t even really need to look at the chart, I already know there’s been a substantial improvement.”
I had to keep up the illusion that I had great respect for his work so I said “Absolutely, I can see it too. There’s no question… It’s remarkable... All of your hard work has finally paid off. I knew it would Horus.”
After he studied the chart, he happily concluded the native had scored a 37.
He turned to me, looking as though he had conquered the world, and said “Do you realize that when we leave, we will have gifted them with several hundred thousand years of evolution?.. They’d probably discover the wheel within a few generations!.. And I could keep going if I want to Atlas, I could bring him to at least a 60!.. But thatwould be too high. It could cause problems for us.”
He was so thrilled, he ran over to the phone and proudly reported his accomplishments to Neros, meanwhile requesting to have more natives captured.
After he explained what he had done, I heard him say “Empty out some of the larger storage rooms, I’ll have it ready for mass distribution soon… I’ll be able to treat hundreds of them a month. We’ll be able to go back to Aeris in less than the projected time, without a doubt.”
In my head I added “At the expense of the natives.”
It looked as though Commander Neros and the ACI would get their wish…
As soon as Horus was done he came back over to me and said “I’m sure you overhead what the plan is now, so go ahead and take the rest of the day off. You’ve been working very hard and you deserve it. They won’t have everything set up until tomorrow and I want to make sure our perfect specimen doesn’t show any signs of side effects… Anything could happen over the next few hours. But I’d bet it’s safe to say he’s our first successful subject…”
I happily accepted the time away from the lab and forced myself to say “Congratulations, I can’t wait to get back to work” and shake his hand.
The
Similar Books
