The Country of Lesia

Unusual bus

A new bus, Takumi , have arrived to Villaurban

"Hello!" Takumi said to the other buses.
"Hello," they replied, "Welcome to Lesia!"
"Thank you!"
Derek and Molly stood in their garage and discussed the news about the arrival of a new bus.
At that moment, Takumi drove up to them.
Molly looked away from the conversation and looked at the approaching bus.
"Are you new to this city? Are you the bus that people and vehicles are talking about so much here?"
"Yes, it's me"
"Welcome!" Derek said.
"They told me my garage is somewhere here"
"Yes, it must be this one," Molly said, pointing with her tire at the garage that was across the wall from her garage.
"How was your journey? Did you take it well?" Molly asked.
"Everything was great"
"This is good!" Molly said "I don't think I would have survived such a road very well... Most likely, I would have gotten seasick..."

That night, Takumi had a dream. It contained Axel, driving along the road in the city. He drove through a crossroads, the traffic light was green for him, so he drove calmly. Suddenly, a car drove along the road crossing the road on which Axel was driving, although for him the traffic light was red... Axel managed to slow down, however, he still received a hit, although not as serious as it could have been...
None of the passengers were injured.
When Takumi woke up, he started looking for Axel.

"Axel! Sorry if I'm keeping you, but you need to know about what's going to happen to you today!" And Takumi began to tell Axel about what he saw in his dream.
"But how are you so sure that this will happen?"
"I know for sure that this will happen because I have a strange ability to see the future"
"Are you saying that you are psychic? I know some people have psychic abilities, but I don't think it's possible for vehicles..."
"But I know for sure that most of my dreams come true! I realized this even earlier!"
"Sorry, but I don't believe it"
"But..."
"I have to go"
However, Takumi was right. His dream came true and Axel had an accident. Fortunately, it was not serious; he only received a small dent, which mechanics were able to quickly fix.
"Takumi was right... I should apologize to him" thought Axel.

The next day, Takumi predicted that there would be a big traffic jam on Felix's route due to sudden road repairs. Thus, Takumi predicted various events by seeing them in his dreams. Sometimes he had several dreams and they contained several predictions. He predicted both bad and good and neutral.
The time has come for Takumi to undergo technical inspection.
"I heard you can predict the future... May I ask how and when did you gain this ability?" Said one of the mechanics.
"I've always had this ability... And I don't know how I got it. Nobody ever told me about this"
"You know, you're pretty unique for having this ability. I've never encountered anything like this and I can't even imagine what could be the reason"
"I hope you don't want to take me apart to find out what part gives me this ability..."
"No, of course not! Don't worry"
"It's good..."
"I have completed your inspection. You are healthy"
"Thank you!"

"Tell me, do you always have dreams at night?" Derek asked
"No"
"Do your dreams always predict the future?"
"No. Only when in my dreams there is someone whom I have known at least for a while"
"Let's go to sleep?" Molly suggested.
"Yes... Good night everyone!" Derek said
"Good night!" Takumi answered

Some time has passed since Takumi arrived in Lesia. Still very few people and vehicles knew about his strange ability.
One day, Axel persuaded Takumi to find out the reason for this strange ability. Takumi did not agree for a long time, however, Axel was quite persistent.
"But I already had a technical inspection and no one found any unusual parts on me!" Takumi said.
"Maybe they found it, but didn't give it any meaning? Maybe this detail is disguised as some ordinary one?"
"Okay... Let's find out. But remember, I'm only doing this for you."
"Yay! Thank you for agreeing to do this!"
Two buses headed to the mechanic. Takumi was still a little afraid that while searching for a strange part, something in his system might be accidentally damaged, but he reassured himself that the mechanics knew what they were doing.
Before starting the procedure, Takumi took a deep breath. He probably still regretted agreeing.
The mechanic immediately came up with the idea to check the Takumi's Electronic Control Unit. However, to ascertain whether there were any unusual parts, the device had to be disassembled...
"What? " Takumi said when the mechanic said that the ECU needs to be disassembled to find anything unusual in it."I don't really want this... This means that I will be unconscious... And I'm afraid for this device. I can't be myself without it... This device is literally my brain..."
"I know... But if you don't want to, we don't have to do it"
After thinking a little, Takumi finally agreed, which surprised the mechanic.
The Electronic Control Unit was carefully removed from the bus system. The mechanic spent the entire evening tinkering with the device. He noticed one unusual part in it, photographed and placed it back into the device and returned the device to its place. After some time, Takumi came to his senses.
"What was there?"
"You have an AI module that predicts the future. And this is a prototype. Perhaps you are the only one of your kind, but maybe there are other buses with a similar module, but probably there are very few of them".
"This is great... But I think this module got into my system by mistake. Why would anyone want to put this module into a regular bus? This module was probably intended for something else... This ability is just someone's mistake..."
"Are you sad?"
"No, no, I'm even glad to finally find out the reason for this unusual ability"
Takumi left. He told everything to Axel.
"I hope this didn't disappoint you..."
"Of course not! Can you imagine, this module can be a great discovery! Maybe if these things are put into widespread production, all people will know their fate in the next day. Isn't that good?"
"To be honest, I don't know... If at the same time people can change something, then that's good. But what if they will know about something bad that is going to happen to them, but they can't change anything? Then it's bad. There's still a lot we don't know about this... So we can't conclude whether devices for predicting the future are good."
"Indeed..."
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Date of writing: Autumn, 2023