Genosimulation (A Teen & Young Adult Science Fiction): A Young Adult Science Fiction Thriller by L.L. Fine Read Free Book Online

window to the past, future, and
present. He looked at his desk, and his pupils widened. It was not a table
anymore, but a large number of tables of different sizes and shapes, there were
different and strange computer monitors, large and colorful.
    He raised his hands to his eyes and he saw a small baby’s
hands – as well as older, hairier hands than his own, hardworking and drier.
Suddenly he understood, he understood it all, he understood the white shoes of
Rabbi Eligad. He understood the incessant treading across the room, he realized
the thousands of hours of conversation with the rabbi, the insistence on
certain issues, the ignoring of others.
    Suddenly he understood everything.
    His body’s awakening, his body’s responses to Talia, who
spent the night with him, around him, her eyes shining blue, in utter darkness.
Suddenly he realized who Talia was and was not, and what Rabbi Eligad was, and
his pupils widened further as he looked at him again, see him staring back at
him, with infinite patience.
    Suddenly he understood everything.
    After four hours, in which Rabbi Eligad waited patiently,
still near the door, he blinked.
    "What do you want me to do, Rabbi?"
     
    *
     
    Mr fate: A real illumination.
    Nucleotide: Yes
    Mr fate: And how did you feel when that happened?
    Nucleotide: Hard to explain. Suddenly, everything was clear.
    Mr fate: Never had such a thing. Maybe with drugs.
    Nucleotide: No, it's not about drugs. How can I explain?
    Nucleotide: Have you ever solved a complicated mathematical
problem?
    Mr fate: I have a 6 in math.
    Nucleotide: Oh, right. I remember. This means that most
problems are difficult for you.
    Mr fate: Yes, yes, genius, go on.
    Nucleotide: So it's similar to the moment the problem
becomes clear.
    Nucleotide: I don't mean the solution itself, but once you
understand how to solve…
    Mr fate: And that is - illumination?
    Nucleotide: Yes, only it's a million times more powerful.
    Nucleotide: That isn’t a mathematical problem, but the
entire world. Or at least, yourself.
    Mr fate: Sounds strong.
    Nucleotide: I hope I managed to explain to you a little bit.
    Mr fate: Enough to understand that there are millions of
question marks around you.
    Nucleotide: In time you will know everything. It took me a
lifetime to understand what's going on around me, and you want to know
everything in two weeks?
    Mr fate: Yes!
    Mr fate: But it’s clear that it isn’t practical, but for now
it just gets more complicated.
    Nucleotide: You can't understand all the Torah in two weeks.
    Mr fate: Maybe we'll try on one leg?
    Nucleotide: And kill your neighbor.
    Mr fate: ???
    Nucleotide: Just joking. It's an old Jewish saying. Forgive
me, it's late.
    Mr fate: Almost five in the morning.
    Nucleotide: And soon we must get up to go to work.
    Mr fate: You may get up - personally, I am going to sleep.
    Nucleotide: Sleep well. I'm getting ready for a flight.
    Mr fate: Yes? To where?
    Nucleotide: America.
    Mr fate: Awesome... For what?
    Nucleotide: Need to complete a stage in my project. It's
actually a great moment, a very significant one.
    Mr fate: May I know what?
    Nucleotide: I can't give any real details...
    Mr fate: And still?
    Nucleotide: Let's just say it’s one more step against
cancer.
    Mr fate: Really? Wonderful! What is this, a new treatment?
    Nucleotide: LOL…no. Far from it.
    Mr fate: So...?
    Nucleotide: I can't say here. It will disclose too much. I
can only say that you’re helping me with this.
    Mr fate: What, in our conversations?
    Nucleotide: LOL…no. You have other ways to help me, you
don't even know.
    Nucleotide: You and a few million more like you.
    Mr fate: To hell with you!
    Nucleotide: Patience, by the end you'll understand.
    Mr fate: You don't help me understand! And now you're going
to disappear again!
    Nucleotide: On the contrary, from abroad it's easier to avoid
detection. I use an Internet café, send it, and run away. Once we talked
from New York and you didn’t know.
    Mr fate: A