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thousands of years. You should have told me what you were doing.”
    â€œI had no idea you were also experimenting,” Freddy commented, and then continued, “I decided there was enough time to let biological processes take hold, so I had a couple in Germany birth a child they ended up naming Otto. I implanted in Otto the ability to communicate directly with me at any time. As a young child he found this somewhat confusing, and, having access to the information that I was able to give him, he started to realize that—on a fundamental level—he was not a human at all.” He chuckled at this notion, and Harold the Hilarious broke out laughing. “I taught Otto how to heal any illness and how to manifest any physical or emotional desire. As he grew to adulthood, he developed an elite following on his planet, healing the most important members of royal families and the new aristocracy of corporate managers of large multinational corporations. In so doing, he became a hidden resource that these managers would call upon, not just for individual healings but increasingly for manipulating the business environments in which they acted so they could amass excessive wealth.” Freddy frowned at this perverse turn. Once again, he had not thought through the possible consequences of one of his ideas. “Otto never realized that he was in fact supporting the Illuminati on Earth 769 and not the general populace. I knew I could not let this continue, so I implanted in Otto the idea that the secret information and powers that I had given to him could, in fact, be developed by every single individual on planet Earth 769. I had him write a book, which he entitled The Book of the Dream . I thought that by making this book public, I could enable the general population to prevent the domination of the planet by the few who might eventually destroy it instead.” Freddy made an exasperated sound, as this idea too had gone sour. “Unfortunately, The Book of the Dream has had unintended consequences. The Illuminati are now using these powers for their own ends, but the general population continues to ignore the book. In their ignorance, they are forfeiting their ability to counteract the insane greed of the Illuminati bent on controlling this planet.”
    Freddy paused, letting everyone know that this part of his explanation was over. They all knew that he was never satisfied with the status quo. They also knew he had begun the experiment with altruistic aims.
    â€œAnyway,” he went on, “none of this would have mattered if not for the random weave in the wrinkle of time throughout the universes that is allowing this virus of total greed and control to infiltrate all known universes and planets at this time. My initial research indicates that we are experiencing the simultaneous ending of millions of 26,000-year cycles throughout the universes.” He noticed the Thirteenth Apostle nodding in agreement. “So, as a consequence, this unique occurrence just happens to be coinciding with this virus of greed and has created a leakage that is endangering all of creation. With my luck, it is happening when the normal boundaries between universes are not holding.”
    â€œOK, Freddy,” interjected Terry the True. “We get it. This is not all your fault. There was no way you could have foreseen the breakdown of the boundaries that would normally have contained this problem. Still, you should have realized that giving sacred information and power to random beings was never intended. The intensity of such greed and power can only lead to unintended consequences. In this instance the misuse of power by relatively highly evolved beings on Earth 769 is actually exacerbating the fissure in the weave of the universe.”
    Freddy was penitent. “I realize this now, but what are we to do?”
    â€œSeems simple enough to me.” Karl the Kingmaker smiled. “We undo the experiment and