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Jeremy was born deaf. As he became self-aware, he never felt deficient, just different. Machines helped him adapt to the mainstream. College lead to a seamless transition to the world of work.
Jeremy lived in a rural area and worked from home. One night he was about to shut the back blinds when he saw lights approaching over the field. They stopped when they reached the edge of the lawn and hovered for a few minutes before disappearing. For seven nights it was the same routine. On the eighth, a voice in his head said, “We come in peace.”
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Rochelle Wisoff-Fields is the enduring host of Friday Fictioneers.
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Oh, cool! They sussed him out and discovered he was deaf, so they communicated silently? What a great idea!
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Thanks, Someone. Not sure why he was chosen but maybe their instruments showed he couldn’t hear but was telepathic?
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I’m not sure he should beliee them
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Time will tell…
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Let’s hope they come in peace. Interesting choice in who to approach first.
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Thanks, Athling. Me too.
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My first thought was “UFO”, but I obviously went a different direction. So they can speak to the deaf – nice little detail.
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Thank you, Trent.
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Those are the kind of visitors we can use–can they create peace too? (K)
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I think they can.
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Somehow stating you come in peace does not encourage me. Then again, we can hope they really do and have chosen wisely.
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I guess we’ll find out…
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🤞
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I guess we’re not alone after all. Let’s hope these ETs are smarter than many human beings!
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I endorse your p.o.v.
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I’m glad they chose him to communicate with him…they probably sensed a self sufficient soul.
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Probably! :)
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This is great story Li.
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Thank you :)
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You’re most welcome
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Cool, you don’t need to hear if we can communicate telepathically.
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Thanks, Dawn.
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I hope they mean it!
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YES! If they are going to step in, now would be a good time. (You are showing up as “Someone”)
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Interesting story. We do know that an absence of one sense heightens other so this makes perfect sense to me.
Tracey
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Thank you very much, Tracey, in light of that reality, yes it does :)
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Mysterious, why pick on Jeremy; have they cured his deafness?
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James, I don’t think they are picking on Jeremy as much as they have picked/chosen him as their intermediary because he can understand their telepathic language. And yes, in a way, they have cured his deafness as he can hear them. Thanks for that perspective :)
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You’re welcome.
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Now, where have I heard that line before?
Nicely done, as always, Li!
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Nancy, thanks much :)
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Jeremy’s about to begin a very different sort of life, I think. I like the idea of allowing a deaf person to be the one to ‘hear’ the alien voices. Well told.
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Margaret thank you for your thoughtful comment. I think you’re right and I do also.
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i hope they do. but at what price?
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Good question, Plaridel.
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Oooooooo
That’s very cool. They understood he couldn’t hear and communicated a different way. Ah aliens!
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Glad you enjoyed the story, Laurie.
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Dear Lisa,
Hopefully they really do come in peace. Good story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks much, Rochelle.
Shalom,
Lisa
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As I was reading this, I wondered, “what would a story about a person born hearing in a world where all others are deaf”?
If you come in peace you are in the wrong place. :-)
Well done, Lisa.
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Thanks for the thoughtful comment, Bill.
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Anyone coming in peace is very very welcome!
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<3
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Colonizers always come in peace and speak telepathically to deaf people. All right, maybe not always. Maybe these visitors are just different. I get it.
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I hadn’t thought of the visitors being different than the usual ones, but heck yes. They are the up-to-now hands-off overseers of this little earthly experiment that have decided to step in.
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In case you haven’t noticed by now, I usually see things differently from most people.
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I have and to see differently is a gift.
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