I saw Fagin
again in Oliver (the Ron Moody-version) and the song ‘I Am Reviewing The
Situation’ just had Crais written all over it… A Lyrics version is also on this
site. Crais is reviewing his situation outside the Peacekeepers
I Am Reviewing…
by GitonCrais
We have
StarBurst away from Moya; away from the others…the aliens… I shudder at the
thought of their continued presence.
I was
surprised that this young Leviathan was already able to do this…at such an
early age!
As far as I
know, it takes several monens…up to a cycle…before Leviathans can do so…
A crowning
glory to my work indeed!
It is
strange to have another in my mind.
Alien
thoughts…concepts…ways to see reality.
I don’t know
if I could live with that, but I have to…for now.
I could
break with the Peacekeepers completely.
Start a new
life.
Settle on a
planet.
Start a
family.
All things
denied me for so long.
Now is my
chance.
The ship
tries to communicate with me. Its thoughts are too fast! The images blur. It is
giving me headaches. Part of me wants to recoil. It is all so alien…
He needs me.
The ship…Talyn…he needs me.
He is still
an infant. He needs guidance. A strong hand…
I know I can
provide that. After all, fifty thousand were at my command…
What a fool
I have been!
He is too
young to follow orders blindly! Even if he was designed for it! Too much in a
panic!
Officer Sun
told me, I have to soothe the youngster, placate him…win him over…
I didn’t
want to believe her.
I found…find…I’m
still learning…find it difficult to ‘ask’ the Leviathan…Talyn…to work WITH me.
It’s not
easy after over thirty cycles of orders…thirty cycles of giving and having been
given orders.
He listens
to me…to an extent…that is what he is designed for…to obey orders…but then he
questions them…he questions me! This could lead to a dangerous situation…
I have to
think about this more.
I remember
my parents and how they got me to do things. Their words come back to me as
thoughts…I can’t remember their voices anymore. It is too painful to think of
them again.
It works!
The
Leviathan…Talyn…listens to me!
He stopped
questioning my every word!
He’s
playful, but eager to learn.
It feels
sad. I…
Talyn!
I understand
him better now.
His alien
mind is beautiful!
Leviathans
have a genetic memory. It has been rumoured that they have but we never
believed that it could be true. It is. It makes sense to me now. All that
information about star systems and pathways to travel would be lost if it
weren’t for such a memory.
The wonders
I have seen…heard…no one to share them with…
Shall I
return to the Peacekeepers?
We could
build more gunship Leviathans, ships like Talyn.
Finally deal
a killing blow to the Scarrans and all our adversaries; all who want our
downfall.
They will
recognise my genius. They can’t deny me my rightful place.
The glory
will be mine!
No…I can’t
do it…
I can’t
subject such a wonderful creature to the trauma of warfare.
I might have
designed him to fight…but I can’t deny him his birthright!
His species believe
in peace.
His
thoughts…my thoughts…he’s confused.
He wants to
engage in battle…knows how to…I tell him how too…he’s a warrior…
Yet, he
doesn’t want to…wants to be more aggressive…
The
thoughts…too confusing…
Our thoughts
are merging more and more…day by day…
My…our…thoughts
are still our own…but we are becoming as one… It is better this way.
I…we…have to
leave Peacekeeper controlled space. We must not be captured!
Our minds
will not be used against our will.
We will find
our own way…
We still
have so much to learn from each other.
He is still
young and confused…
I am…new…to
life outside the Peacekeepers.
This form of
caring is new to me…to him… He believes his mother abandoned him.
It is what I
have told him at the start of our travels together.
It was
wrong. I know now, but it is the Peacekeeper way.
I dread what
will happen when he finds out the truth.
Space
beckons!
We want to
explore…experience the wonders, which until now have only existed as memories
in Talyn’s mind. We want to see them for ourselves…together…as Pilot and ship…
Nay…as
father and son…
The End