1 Hidden from Sigh (2/2)
”Mr. Tristan, in cases such as yours, we follow government determined protocol to ensure that no problems occur later, however, due to some reasons it appears that the protocol has failed to function as intended on you.
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Allow me to explain from the beginning. I am an official from the Government's Strategic Defense Division. What I am going to tell you now is pretty much official secret, so I hope you understand the discretion.” The official said as he adjusted his shades.
Tristan looked on, absolutely confused. Defense division? Secret? Was his dream not a dream?
”In this world paranormal phenomena exist. Yes, they indeed exist phenomenon which are beyond the scope of science and technology. In your case, you were a victim of one of these paranormal events that was the true source of the crash.” The official said.
”So... my recurring nightmare... is what actually happened?” Tristan asked. He felt like a new universe had opened up to him, the paranormal... was real?
”Yes. The usual protocol of the governments around the world is to hide this fact from the general public. In cases of incidents like yours, we have an established protocol to wipe the memory of the incident to ensure that no trauma remains. However, in your case, the incident seems to have been branded into your subconscious, perhaps because of your extreme proximity to the ground zero.
Upon constant observation of your behavior for the past six months, it appears that the memory wipe will be ineffective on you and the dichotomy of your subconscious memory with the conscious notions of reality has caused a mental distortion. It was hence decided that the government will compensate you with a million dollars and the the above facts be disclosed to you.” The official sipped a glass of water from the table.
Tristan was put into deep thought. ”What do you mean by paranormal?”
The suited official shook his head. ”The government cannot disclose any more information to you. It is best to act like normal and not get involved in these matters. Just take my business card, if you are in danger, give the number below a call.”
Tristan walked back home... deep in thought. He wanted to know, what exactly did they mean by paranormal? He was shocked that his normal world which he had believed worked on established scientific principals seemed to be contrary to reality.
The government did pay Tristan a significant amount of money as compensation, which he did not use. Instead, over the next few weeks, Tristan had spent his time searching the web. Looking at conspiracy theories and all rumors about so called paranormal phenomena.
He finally found an obscure blog post by a conspiracy theorist about the incident Tristan was involved in. It was basically a rambling about how the author heard murmurs about the government hushing the incident, sealing off the place from press as well as rumblings that this was actually a paranormal phenomenon. After hesitating a bit, Tristan mailed the author of the blog asking him where he heard this.