Ell Donsaii 13: DNA Read Online Free
Author: Laurence Dahners
they’d finished eating, Zage’s dad said, “Shall we go get some dessert?”
The DeWitt’s got up, looking with anticipation at the huge table of desserts. Unhappily, Zage shook his head and said, “I’d better not.”
The DeWitt’s looked at him curiously, and Zage could tell that they were surprised a kid who wasn’t even five yet was on a diet, even if he was fat. They didn’t say anything though, just headed on to get themselves some dessert.
Zage’s dad looked at him sympathetically, “Sticking to your diet, even tonight?”
Disconsolately, he said, “If I go off it tonight, I’ll find another excuse to go off it tomorrow.”
His dad looked over towards Donsaii, “You still want to try to see if we can talk to Dr. Donsaii?”
“No, she hasn’t even gotten to eat yet.” Zage sighed, “Having everyone in the world wanting to talk to you must be pretty hard. I’d still love to be like her, but I guess some things about it wouldn’t be so great.”
Shan shook his head, “No… you’re right about that.”
***
Lying in bed, Zage stared bemusedly at one of several reports his AI’d found about the “K-D paper.” It appeared to be a pretty big deal in the worlds of physics and mathematics. He’d even heard of it before, he just hadn’t known that it stood for Kinrais-Donsaii. He looked briefly at the paper itself, but never having been very interested in mathematics, he hadn’t really been able to follow much of it.
Apparently his own father had recognized that, by Donsaii’s equations, gravitational forces should drop off slightly over immense distances. This made it possible to explain the galactic rotation paradox without positing dark matter. Since they’d published the paper, experimental evidence supporting their theory had been mounting.
Since it was an area of science that Zage wasn’t interested in, he didn’t feel surprised that he wasn’t aware of it. But, since he’d expressed his immense admiration for Donsaii on multiple occasions, he wondered why in the world his parents hadn’t mentioned that his own father had written a paper with her! Surely they didn’t really have to “try to run into her at a company picnic.” If his mom worked with her and his dad knew her, they could just invite her over for dinner or something, couldn’t they?
Then he thought about how life must be for Ell Donsaii. Probably everyone who ever knew her “invited her over to dinner.” Maybe his parents just didn’t want to impose. Especially just because their kid wanted to meet her.
If I were her I’d probably go into hiding somewhere , he decided.
***
Jamieson admitted to himself that Steve Jacobs and the little security team that watched over Donsaii were more effective than he’d expected. It’d been ten or eleven years now since Jacobs and Donsaii had interviewed him back in Boston and Jamieson had never really gotten the sour taste of rejection out of his mouth. After all, it had been obvious to him that he could easily kick the asses of any two members of that security team. However, Donsaii hadn’t wanted to hire him because she thought he was “too aggressive.”
Jamieson had tried to explain to the idiot girl that if you wanted real protection, you needed someone like him. Someone who could break a few heads. It was stupid to hire a bunch of softies like she had on her team. Somehow, the girl herself had wound up challenging him to a fight with pugil sticks. When he’d gone into it, afraid he might hurt her, she’d gotten in a few lucky blows; then she’d said she didn’t want him on her team—as if he wasn’t good enough!
After that Jamieson had tried to attack Jacobs. He didn’t want to break the girl in half fighting her, but he just couldn’t stand being humiliated that way and wanted to show her what he could really do. The next thing Jamieson had known he’d been in the emergency room getting his head scanned. One of Donsaii’s team had
The DeWitt’s got up, looking with anticipation at the huge table of desserts. Unhappily, Zage shook his head and said, “I’d better not.”
The DeWitt’s looked at him curiously, and Zage could tell that they were surprised a kid who wasn’t even five yet was on a diet, even if he was fat. They didn’t say anything though, just headed on to get themselves some dessert.
Zage’s dad looked at him sympathetically, “Sticking to your diet, even tonight?”
Disconsolately, he said, “If I go off it tonight, I’ll find another excuse to go off it tomorrow.”
His dad looked over towards Donsaii, “You still want to try to see if we can talk to Dr. Donsaii?”
“No, she hasn’t even gotten to eat yet.” Zage sighed, “Having everyone in the world wanting to talk to you must be pretty hard. I’d still love to be like her, but I guess some things about it wouldn’t be so great.”
Shan shook his head, “No… you’re right about that.”
***
Lying in bed, Zage stared bemusedly at one of several reports his AI’d found about the “K-D paper.” It appeared to be a pretty big deal in the worlds of physics and mathematics. He’d even heard of it before, he just hadn’t known that it stood for Kinrais-Donsaii. He looked briefly at the paper itself, but never having been very interested in mathematics, he hadn’t really been able to follow much of it.
Apparently his own father had recognized that, by Donsaii’s equations, gravitational forces should drop off slightly over immense distances. This made it possible to explain the galactic rotation paradox without positing dark matter. Since they’d published the paper, experimental evidence supporting their theory had been mounting.
Since it was an area of science that Zage wasn’t interested in, he didn’t feel surprised that he wasn’t aware of it. But, since he’d expressed his immense admiration for Donsaii on multiple occasions, he wondered why in the world his parents hadn’t mentioned that his own father had written a paper with her! Surely they didn’t really have to “try to run into her at a company picnic.” If his mom worked with her and his dad knew her, they could just invite her over for dinner or something, couldn’t they?
Then he thought about how life must be for Ell Donsaii. Probably everyone who ever knew her “invited her over to dinner.” Maybe his parents just didn’t want to impose. Especially just because their kid wanted to meet her.
If I were her I’d probably go into hiding somewhere , he decided.
***
Jamieson admitted to himself that Steve Jacobs and the little security team that watched over Donsaii were more effective than he’d expected. It’d been ten or eleven years now since Jacobs and Donsaii had interviewed him back in Boston and Jamieson had never really gotten the sour taste of rejection out of his mouth. After all, it had been obvious to him that he could easily kick the asses of any two members of that security team. However, Donsaii hadn’t wanted to hire him because she thought he was “too aggressive.”
Jamieson had tried to explain to the idiot girl that if you wanted real protection, you needed someone like him. Someone who could break a few heads. It was stupid to hire a bunch of softies like she had on her team. Somehow, the girl herself had wound up challenging him to a fight with pugil sticks. When he’d gone into it, afraid he might hurt her, she’d gotten in a few lucky blows; then she’d said she didn’t want him on her team—as if he wasn’t good enough!
After that Jamieson had tried to attack Jacobs. He didn’t want to break the girl in half fighting her, but he just couldn’t stand being humiliated that way and wanted to show her what he could really do. The next thing Jamieson had known he’d been in the emergency room getting his head scanned. One of Donsaii’s team had
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