The scene opens upon a wizard sitting alone in the forest in front of an old tavern. He is drinking an ale and smoking a long curvy pipe. The barkeep comes out to check on him and he orders another ale for a guest that is coming. The barkeep obviously grumpy, mutters something that is inaudible and the wizard but the wizard just smiles and leans back to smoke. Down the overgrown dusty road comes a teenage boy about of about eleven to fourteen years old.
When the wizard sees him coming he smiles broadly to greet him.
“Hello, I am glad that you made it. I know it is kinda out of the way but you made it thanks” he says
As the boy sits down the barkeep comes out and slams down an ale in front of the boy.
“Don’t mind him, he is always like that, but he tips his head to the side
“you gotta love him, the best ale in the land.”
The boy takes a sip from the mug and after tasting it the repulsion on his face makes the wizard chuckle a bit.
“So let’s get down to business. We have been watching you in your studies Your teachers are very impressed with your ability to create in such an open fluid manner. they tell me you are a natural. You have a very sharp
mind my boy. That treatise you wrote on this idea of a human seems very interesting. We have this planet that may be perfect for humans. it is just at the stage right now that we can possibly bring on these humans you have created.
We had inhabited it with reptiles, didn’t work out as well as we thought it would. We had to wipe the whole thing. The inhabitants were called dinosaurs. There were some major problems we just didn’t think things through as well as well thought we had. They became way to big to be viable. The brains didn’t develop as planned and could not adequately carry a soul. All they did was walk around and eat and poop. They were not as interactive as we hoped they would be. it got to the point that we had to send some fireballs get the planet in shape for another species. We think this idea of warm blooded humans is just what needs to happen next. warmed it up some took out most(but not all) of the animals that could destroy a human. Here is the catch. we would like all of them to have free will.
The boy’s face showed a mixture of awe and acute horror but he did not say a word. He just listened.
“I know but just hear me out,we took the liberty of making a few buckets.
So we think we have saved the best for last. This new bucket prototype is great. They have long limbs, they can run, walk and eat, but what makes this one the best is that we put in the one of the most advanced brains that we have ever developed. This brain has the ability to grow and and improve upon itself. I know we have tried this before and it has ended in failure, but we made this one a little different they are going to have free will.
“I don’t know, free will is one of the most difficult ways to learn. it will be chaos. I don’t think I can do it.
he began to look a little panicky.
Oh yes it will be a challenge, but we believe that if anyone can do it you can.
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