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Since I have nowhere else to live, I’m still in the hotel room that the
government is paying for. I spoke with my lawyer yesterday—the one that my
former employer is paying for—and also this morning. It looks like this thing
isn’t going to be going to a full trial. The FBI and my benefactors are going
to be vouching for me to the judge, as will reportedly my social worker. I’ll
most likely serve some time in prison, but not in the way that you think. Have
you ever heard anyone on a police or lawyer procedural say that a convict is
being sentenced to consecutive time? Have you ever wondered if that
means that there’s such a thing as nonconsecutive prison time? Well,
yes, young Padawan, there is! It’s often called weekend jail, and it’s
generally meant to allow people to continue working throughout the week,
and/or take care of their families. I’m currently in between jobs, so I’ve
been advised to start working closely with my social worker to change that.
He’ll probably have ideas on an employer who would be willing to deal with
what will become an unusual schedule. Or maybe it’s not that unusual. My frame
of reference isn’t perfect, but I do believe that intermittent confinement is
more common on this world. That reminds me, I’m a visitor from another
universe, and people are very interested in that. That’s why they’ve
been so helpful, because they want to understand if it’s even a little bit
true. They don’t believe me entirely, but who could expect them to? I have no
proof, and no way to prove it. A science fiction story would suggest that
people from different universes have different quarks, or something, but I’m
not sure if that’s true. I wrote a story once where a character was in a
similar situation. He ended up in a highly advanced galaxy, where a group of
doctors were able to run a “cosmic frequency” test on him to confirm his alien
origins. I’m not sure how difficult it would be to do that here, but if
researchers want to know how I tick, I guess I’ll suggest that, and see what
they say. This is all in the very early stages. The military isn’t going to
spend too many resources studying me until they have some real reason to
believe that I’m telling the truth. For now, everyone’s playing this by ear,
including me. Not everyone is gonna believe me at all, or be on my side.
They’ll expect me to pay for my crimes, and won’t let the FBI, a private
organization, or anyone else exonerate me, even under special circumstances.
Weekend jail sounds like a good deal to me. I’m not a partier, so it’s not
like I’m known to do anything special with my days off. Plus, that would allow
me to stay online throughout my sentence. That would be cool, wouldn’t it? I
am getting the sense that they want me to keep up with my blog too. My
view count has been skyrocketing lately. Word is spreading about my life
story, and people are catching up on my previous posts. It’s surreal. I can’t
wait to see what’s next.
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