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He stopped by one of the large windows, looking out over the city. "There is a<br />
threat…"<br />
"You keep saying that. It's very cryptic. It's also terrifying."<br />
"In order for there to be any survivors of what's coming, mankind must move<br />
forward, and not in the time they would if left alone. There must be a fundamental shift in<br />
people, and it must be accelerated. In order for this to work, people have to know what I'm<br />
doing. They have to understand that all of my efforts are for them. They have to trust me.<br />
You have to trust me."<br />
I understood my role immediately. And for the first time since he asked me to work<br />
for him, I wasn't sure if I'd be capable of what he wanted me to do. "Did you read what I<br />
wrote about you?"<br />
"I did."<br />
"I don't know what to think of you."<br />
"You understand me as much as anyone so far has."<br />
"But I don't know everything."<br />
"No. Not nearly."<br />
I got up, mustering some reserve of strength and pushing myself out of the chair so I<br />
could stand eye to eye with Commander Future. Or eye-to-mid-chest, since he's such a<br />
tank. "You understand that none of this makes sense to me, right? I'm trying to keep up<br />
with you, but you haven't given me any context. Just details."<br />
"Yes. I know."<br />
"But just the fact that you reached out to me… that gesture says something. It says<br />
that you're serious. You're ready to tell us some of what you know, and you're sincere. You<br />
want people to listen. And you know enough to know that you have no idea how to talk to<br />
people."<br />
"I need people to listen. It's the most important thing there is."
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