Mr. Know-it-all

Within the world of Rome's Revolution, wherever the Vuduri reside, the Overmind there controls all things. The Vuduri serve the Overmind. The problem is these Overminds have no clue what they are doing. Which means they are clueless to this flaw. It took Rome only a few minutes to awaken the Overmind to this sobering fact.

     Rome said, “You only know one way to approach things. The time has come to start asking new questions. You need new answers. Within what you are now lies the seeds of your destruction.”
     “This is not possible,” said the Overmind. “I have the knowledge of all Vuduri, my path is the right one.”
     “You have all the knowledge of the Vuduri but not the wisdom. Nor do you even realize that they are different,” Rome thought not altogether unkindly. “The very first thing you must accept is that there are things in this universe that are outside of your experience. And those things are coming to kill you and all life.”
     The Overmind continued to probe, following all the leads, cataloging Rome’s memories and her experiences. When it ran into a dead-end, it backed up and started over. The Overmind compared each of Rome’s memories to other memories, external thoughts and recordings. Within the correlation matrix, there was substantial overlap and still, there was a mismatch. Slowly, the areas open to it began to close off. Soon, the Overmind could not access anything more than Rome’s superficial thoughts.
     “Open your mind more,” the Overmind demanded, “I need more.”
     “No,” was Rome’s reply. “I do not wish to. I have matters more pressing than your petty curiosity.”
     “I will push harder. I will break you,” the Overmind said. “I will control your thoughts.”
     “You cannot. I control my own thoughts,” Rome said defiantly.
     “Then I will remove you. I do not want you as part of me.”

Who does he think he is, this Overmind? He just ran into the buzzsaw named Rome. Tomorrow, I'll show you how Rome humbled this great and powerful creature with a simple flick of her mental wrist.

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