"Now, who enchanted you?" Loki asked.
"It was Hera," Tate answered.
"Hmm," Loki said, thinking.
"Loki?"
"Yes?" he asked, looking up.
"What makes you different from the rest of the gods?"
"You mean besides not wanting to portray myself as an almighty being? I don't see humans as inferior. They're not vermin to do with as I please. Yes, humans aren't as technologically advanced as us, but take away the technology and humans are almost certainly the higher lifeform. My difference in opinion when it comes to philosophical issues is the main reason I'm an outcast. That and my preferences of how to use my abilities."
"Abilities?"
"All the gods and goddesses use a higher form of telepathy. It's part of their being. They can create, transform, or destroy anything they want, with just a single thought."
"That almost sounds like magic. Where's the technology?"
"The gift of telepathy is acquired by every new god and goddess. But by itself, it's almost nothing. There needs to be a way to harness the gift, to magnify it, to focus it. That's where the technology comes into the equation. But no one has used that technology since we came to your planet thousands of years ago."
Intrigued by this, Tate asked "Does it still exist?"
"Well, yeah. I keep it here, as sort of a reminder that we're not all all-powerful beings, that we only have what we have now because of advances in science. But, there's no one to use it on."
"Use it on me," Tate said.
"But, you don't have telepathy."
"Humans only use about ten percent of their brains. Maybe the ability of telepathy exists in the other ninety percent."
Loki thought about it. It never really occurred to him to use the machine on a human. Maybe Tate was right. Maybe it could work.
But what if it didn't?
