Interview with Rome I - Part 3 of 17

As Steve Fisch and I get the scripts ready to sell Rome's Revolution as a streaming series, he asked me for a lot of background information that I did not have. So I took some time out to interview Rome and Rei. Rome was very talkative so I had to break up the interview into two parts. Rei was a bit more concise. So here is the first Rome interview, part 3 of 17.
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Perry: How did that work? Were they aware they were being used?
Rome: Yes. They knew. My mother was selected by the Overmind and trained and sent to seduce my father. (Rome breathes a quick burst) It was a success but not in the way the Overmind planned.
Perry: How so?
Rome: My father is a wonderful man. Within the first few minutes after they met, my mother had a series of rapid and unfortunate events occur. She was injured and ill. That put her at a disadvantage. My father was so kind and caring that it melted my mother’s heart. She confessed to him the plan and even used Espansor bands to prove to him that she was telling the truth.
Perry: Espansor bands. I’ve heard of those. I’ve never actually seen them. There aren’t that many lying around. How did the bands fit into this picture?
Rome: Well, the bands are supposed to work a certain way. They essentially turn a mandasurte into a mind-connected Vuduri, at least temporarily. You’ve never been mind-connected so it’s hard to explain in terms you’d understand.
Perry: I’ll take your word for it.
Rome: Anyway, the connection is only supposed go so deep. Again, there can be no lies if someone is inside your head. As I said, she wanted to prove to my father that she was telling the truth. But the bands didn’t operate as designed…
Perry: I apologize but I have to ask you a quick question.
Rome: Of course.
Perry: I was born on Deucado. I have spent a lot of time with all the races here. Including the Vuduri. When they speak to me, they’re kind enough to speak in English but they are very formal in their tense and syntax. You speak like a native-born Essessoni. How did that happen?
(Rome laughs)
Rome: Too much time with my husband, I suppose. When I first learned English, I didn’t know about contractions, colloquialisms… I didn’t even understand humor. But I’ve been speaking English for so long that it all comes naturally to me. When I was younger, even after I thought I had a mastery of it, under times of great stress, my speech patterns still reverted to the more formal version of English but that hasn’t happened in a long time.
Perry: Thank you for that. So back to your parents?
Rome: Yes. You could say that the bands malfunctioned. My mother’s and father’s consciousness intertwined. Let me ask you: do you believe that the soul exists?
Perry: I only know of it second-hand. Your son was said to have gone to Heaven. If that’s true, then I suppose I have no choice but to believe.

Tomorrow, part 4