Within a few years of the discovery of that little girl, a second evolutionary capability of the human mind was discovered. A mastermind of a thief was shot while he was stealing a priceless piece of art in a national museum. Despite impenetrable security, he managed to get into the building. As he lay dying, he told a story that few would believe. He could move from one place to another in the blink of an eye, including through the smallest of holes, such as a keyhole.
Within a few decades, another person was found to have similar capabilities. Much like flexing a muscle, she had learned to flex her molecular structure. It was like turning herself into a gaseous state and directing herself to another location to reappear.
Within a hundred years, a handful of corporations had arisen based on the new technologies stemming from the revolution in thought. The two most significant inventions coming out of the advances and new scientific understandings were space travel and the portals. A twin planet on the exact opposite side of the sun was discovered, and, like separated human twins, Zoranth was experiencing the same changes as Koranth.
A pop-psychology historian coined the phrase βtrans-prophetics,β and the name stuck. On both Koranth and Zoranth, the scientific validation of a next, even if rare, level of human evolution ushered in a new wave of technology.
A knock on the office door shook Tomar from his thoughts, and he placed his feet back on the floor, sitting up straight at his desk.
βMr. Donovackia, the board meeting will commence shortly,β disclosed the short, stout man wearing business attire. By the look and the nod that Tomar gave the man, it was apparent that he was simply one of Tomarβs small army of underlings.
βMake sure all the board members are comfortably seated in the boardroom, and tell them I will be there shortly,β instructed Tomar.
βYes, sir.β
βWait, tell them I have been detained by the Chief Executive Minister for Interplanetary Corporate Relations. Have them wait in the boardroom, and have lunch served.β
Tomar smiled as the man nodded his head affirmatively and closed the door. βLet them sweat a little bit waiting for me,β thought Tomar. After all, he had just upended the previous board of directors, renamed the company, and personally held the controlling interest in the organization. He was now firmly in charge of the third largest corporation on Koranth and intended to make it the largest, regardless of who stood in his way.
