First Order English Version

5. Nanosouls

We were in a natural ecosystem, with no trace of smoke, data, wiring, glass or neon lights. No trace of the noise of life in NeoDeltoya, none of its smells, none of its collapses or stench, no dirt.
Neither the usual noise of the crowd, like insects, nor the eternal buzz of technology. For the first time, everything was a silence orchestrated by several sounds I had never heard, there was the wind, the noise of some insects, but the rest was new to me.

I had never heard the water travel the earth, those large vegetables make pleasant noises with their leaves shaking in the breeze.
They called them trees.
I did not know for sure if such a world existed or had ever existed, but according to Meister everything was a recreation of how the world was before, perhaps 1000 years ago, perhaps more, we could not know for sure.

-"What do you feel Schneider aspirant?" -Meister was preparing a purple powder and put it in the dispenser, mixing the pure H2o and the shiny powder, shaking them.

It was the first time he saw him dressed in a more relaxed team, according to bushi tradition. A fabric of the color dark dawn, not too fat and crossed over the chest. However, he did not leave his Zahntiger, he wore it on the waist held by the black belt. Open hiking boots completed his team.

In spite of everything, the Colonel Major, Klaus Stark infused not one iota less of respect, perhaps even more, since it could be seen the human that remained in him. A regenerated forearm and a fully synthesized leg.

I suppose soon, in some carelessness I would also lose some part of me, a hand, an eye, an arm or maybe a leg. It was law of life if you were a Trapi, the opposite meant to be dead.

-"I feel relaxation, thoughts flow, reflection, certainty, no tension." -He shook the dispenser and inhaled the purple vapor into which the dust had turned.

-"Well, that's the idea. Tomorrow you will face the worst test, the only one that will decide if your destiny is to be among us. Your First Order. -his blue eyes scrutinized me, looking for some sign of weakness, perhaps panic, but I was not afraid, whatever it was, I would, or I would die in the attempt. I would never back down

-"You seem determined, are not you afraid of death?"

-"I'd rather die than fail, Meister. Life is not too valuable if one does not fulfill his destiny."

-"First you must learn about life, then you will know death." -I passed the purple burburant dispenser and I told him to inhale. I did not need to be told. Whatever it was, it was an honor to share that mysterious substance with the legend, Klaus Stark, the deafening one.

-"I do not know this substance Meister, is it Divinorum?"

-"On other times it was called jaguar seeds, it ceased to exist long ago but, this recreation gets its same effects." -I returned the dispenser and let out the purple vapor.

-"What is your function, Colonel?" -Klaus Stark made a gesture as if presenting the whole landscape with his arm.

- "Open your eyes, young Schneider."

We spent some time in silence admiring the wonderful views. I felt purity and that word did not mean much to me if it did not refer to h2o, drugs or air. A deep silence later, Stark spoke again.

-"What do you know about nano-souls?"

-"I know, we somehow need them to live."

-"Look around. Everything is full of nano-souls. It is not so easy to see. But they are there. Being part of the whole."

For the first time, I could see. Everything was part of a stream of lights, which floated all over the landscape. Each of the things that made up the ecosystem: plants, water, stones, even us.

We were part of the nanosouls or the nano-souls were part of us. Be that as it may, they floated there, stumbling aimlessly, just being here, everywhere. Colorless and shiny.

-"The soul, that mysterious energy that breathes life into all beings. It is still a consciousness formed integrally by many nano-souls. It has been able to emulate the nanoalmas. But, still gathering them, it was not possible to create a soul designed."

-"The nanosouls used in combat are the same ones that float everywhere?"

-"We would not use enough artificially. So, we take those offered by the vital energy. That is why it is important, not to waste those used in an attack, or to take advantage of those of the adversary, especially when we end his life. Those are the most precious, and those that increase your power considerably. Life, young aspirant, is struggle, do not forget, if you stop fighting, if you give up, you die." -he let out a great puff of steam, and the purple wrapped around us, and I sucked it back in.

-"You must always know the truth of things, but never think too much about them, the truth is that the truth does not matter too Schneider. The truth kills you. Our life is still just a business, in which there must be many losses for profit. If you expect to survive, always remember it."

-"I will, Meister. Thank you, it is an honor for Klaus Stark to prepare me."

-"You were lucky, according to your genes and your neurological points you have the skills to be a great krieger of the TP, but there is still something that stands between your destiny and you." -Stark picked up the dispenser, opened it, and threw the remains into the air, which engulfed him, leaving a slight hairstyle, cleaning the apparatus and storing it.

-"And what is?" -had given the best scores, had left my preparation at the hands of the same Colonel Major, what weakness had detected that I had not seen?

-"The same as everyone, Schneider. Yourself. Your values, your feelings, in short, your humanity. I want to prepare you for a story." -Meister lifted the palm of his hand and waited for a nanosouls to pass over her, closed his hand tightly and the nanoalma came out of his closed fist with the same parsimony, still floating outside any stimulus.

-"The nanosouls are not destroyed, in fact, they are not disturbed by anything, the only thing that can use them and catch them is this," -the legendary Zahntiger took and showed me- "you can not destroy them or grab them, but with our quanta swords, even you can shoot them against the enemy. You can lose them, or they go very far and change in shape for some nanoseconds, but they are never destroyed. It is not possible to break the energy. However, we do, so you must simply follow the orders, regardless of whether that seems favorable or unfavorable. The First Order prepares you for that, to fulfill your duty above all else." -Colonel Stark nailed the Zahntiger to the ground, let him admire it, and looked me in the eye again for a glimmer of doubt, any sign of weakness. It was not necessary to see him fight to know why they called Klaus Stark the deafening, his mere voice, grave and virile was heard almost with obligation, in the roar of the battle had to cause that same effect, multiplied thousands of times, if the Zahntiger he did not have his own roar.

-"I'll tell you the story of a young man like you, it was three years ago, if I remember correctly, I was from the same sector. It would be just a couple of years longer than you and like you, I get the best score of your selection. He showed no fear or doubt, he really carried it in his blood, but even though he passed every test, including the First Order. He finally pulled out his tongue."

-"Because someone would do something like this ?!" -Stark's gaze showed nothing, no amusement, no rejection, no pity or empathy, he simply explained facts like a boring god who just tells stories distant from the universe, with insignificant lives that no longer concern him.

-"He had to kill two of his brothers to fulfill the First Order. He simply could not bear it and to avoid having to let go of his mouth that had annihilated his own family. He preferred to remain speechless. In my opinion."--Meister inspired the fresh air, as if it were real- Or maybe just went crazy, the truth is that a few months later disappeared on a mission and no one knew more about him. A broken Krieger, although it always fulfilled the orders and finished the missions were of the level that they were. The massacre and annihilation were his specialty, he was sought, if he is alive he hides well otherwise he is dead by someone from the DSL." -Stark looked at that dreamlike landscape once real, his intention, the intent of all this was twofold, a quick clarification of life and vital energy and fear the aspirant with the bloody history of some previous aspirant.

What would the First Order bring to me?