Seven
" I... I'm sorry. I mean... I can try to ask the Assembly for other-"
"No, it's fine. I just want to have some alone time"
"Ok"
Eliza walks away leaving me alone in the dimly lit room.
As tears fog my eyes I'm barely able to make out the person walking toward me. This time I know it's not Eliza.
I see a woman covered with a jumpsuit made out of shiny black fabric that sparkles as she moves.
"Hello," the woman says.
Her voice sounds familiar but I can't seem to remember who she is.
"What are you doing here?" I say as I reach into my pocket, my hand gripped on my pocket knife.
Don't ask why I carry a pocket knife with me.
"You want to learn how to use your powers, don't you"
"What do you want?"I say, my voice shaking.
"You're straying from the topic. You do want to use your powers don't you."
"Yes, I do. Now leave me alone."
"I can Trigger your powers, Inara. You find another person like me so I suggest putting that pocket knife away"
As she approached closer I could see her eyes glowing violet purple, like Eliza.
Her white hair was pulled into a tight bun that looked like it hurt.
Her facial features seemed blurry even though she wasn't far from me. Probably a cloaking device, to keep me from finding out however she was.
The room was eerily silent.
"Why should I believe you?"
"Triggering powers is very hard Inara, it takes the Assembly around a month to trigger a Polymath. And I don't think you want to put your hope in the assembly. It's no longer a democracy "
"How do you know my name? Also, you want to overthrow the Assembly don't you?"
"I have my reasons Inara"
"You're not answering the question", I say my pocket knife fully revealed.
"You will soon think the same about the Assembly. They choose your permanent living here without your behalf on this, didn't they?"
"Who are you?" I say my voice shaking and the pocketknife inches away from the woman's throat.
"I'm afraid you can't kill a hologram"
She disappears in a spark as the picture of the violet flower fills my head.
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