Suggestion:

A large man walked forward, dressed in clothes I had never seen in my life, not even in a magazine, and I could feel the whole room change, as if the light were being removed from our lives right then. Julie bent my way and said, “Hub, this feels different than all the rest. I am not really liking this feeling now.” So I knew then it was not just me who had a feeling of dread come over the room.

He walked slowly, without ceremony. He placed one hand over his chest, the other hanging loose at his side, while his feet were forced to touch, making a loud clap. Then he turned to Carver and nodded once, and then turned to the IRCC woman and nodded again, then turned our way and stayed, that was as if waiting until the room stilled. His voice, when it came, was rough and measured, as if each word had been carried a long way before reaching us.

“My name is Chagatai, and I am here to share the power of suggestion and teach the shared power of protection for this couple here, there, in front.”

He paused, as if remembering a rule older than the room itself.

And he waited as if he needed a start, so I, not knowing any better, nodded my head to him, which caused him to lower his hand both to his side, and he started talking in a very rapid, however very animated manner.

“When I was small boy my PaPa taught me how to control small animals with my mind, that is bad to do and it will not be taught or talked about further here by rules I were given.”

He inclined his head slightly, not in apology, but in obedience to those rules.

“We will be talking about the theory of suggestion and then the break so lets start.”

His eyes darkened as memory took him, and he became even more animated, almost as if standing still would doom him or something. All are moving in a solid 4-foot area on the floor.

“I could see pain these creatures would feel when put under control, I did not like this like my papa did so I did not continue, however my papa being the sick bastard he was all his life, may heaven someday bless his memory, he took me under control by him so I would as he said,“learn the way of the lower,” to hurt animals his way with rocks and sticks.”

A low murmur passed through the room, but Chagatai did not stop or did it look like he was affected at all.

“I was young boy, but had big me inside or what you now call a strong will, or how you call… mind was strong in me so I found way to fight back and not hurt the giver but make him stop.”

He straightened then, pride quiet but unhidden, and talked directly to us both as only his eyes would now move while talking in his direction. “I will try to teach it here too, our two saviors there.”

He pointed toward us and wiggled back and forth, an odd, almost playful movement that carried the weight of ancient camps and firelight lessons.

Then he continued, slower now, as if marking each word into stone.

“You see to control head you must first push the current control away from an area to being controlled. If you can magnify the area you take controler over, then you can stop others from controlling. This is a process.. Listen closely to my words, I give you now.”

The room leaned inward, and so did the teacher as he somewhat bowed in our direction so his worlds could be soft but heard.

“If you have no control, check everywhere, even a small toe, if you can move, keep moving, then slowly move to the side of the foot and work your way to the leg and to where the whole body meets.”

His hand traced the path unconsciously as he spoke.

“If you work your way to the middle body, you can, with a large burst of your mind, then try, release yourself, and immediately reverse to who tries to control while their path is still open, that I will not talk about now, though.”

A thin smile flickered, the smile of a man who knew more than he was allowed to say.

“I have no way for you to test, though; there is no practice like other things you can do unless you have a wizard by you.”

He spread his hands, palms up, truth, not weakness.

“So just keep thinking with an easy mind reach so you can find when in peril, and you too can stop a mad man before he makes you kill thousands of his own people in his name.”

At that, the weight of centuries settled fully into the room.

“I am Chagatai Khan from the empire of 1225, and that is my strength. I will try to give to the couple who included this angel of beauty in front of me today.”

He bowed once, not deeply, but sincerely, and he walked into nothing and was gone before he even went up one step..

We turned to each other way too fast and said to each other, “What the hell is happening, honey, that was the son of Genghis Khan from like eight hundred years ago if not more”, then looked at Carver directly, who just put his finger to his mouth to say quiet, then then just sat there with a smile as if this was no special night at all, while these people from well everywhere come to us from times long past to share a bit of what made them special in there own time. Then I thought that the witch and the others are from those times, or far before, so maybe having some of their old ideas might save us someday. Just then, Julie pulled me close and just held me there as she needed to feel we were together, I think, at that one moment. Then Carver stood and started to say, " There is one other. I will introduce myself, since he is an old part of the family. When Mahue stood up and screamed out, “Carver, we talked, and you said you would not allow it” …

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