Evan and his dad discuss unseen monsters and the normalization of destructive lifestyles while sitting amid the chaos of the school lunchroom. The mundane setting stands in stark contrast to the heavy spiritual truths being revealed. The cafeteria at Redwood High hums under flickering fluorescent lights. The air smells like pizza grease and spilled chocolate milk. Posters wallpaper the walls—mental health hotlines, climate strike flyers, rainbow flags, anti‑vaping campaigns.
Right in the middle of all that noise, Evan sits across from his dad at a scarred corner table that looks like it has survived every food fight since 1987.
Parent‑visit day is supposed to be cute—parents meeting teachers, posing for selfies in school hoodies.
Evan’s dad doesn’t do cute.
He does warnings.
“There seems to be an organized, overall attack against children,” Dad says.
The sentence lands in Evan’s chest like a push notification he can’t swipe away.
He glances around.
Kids laugh. Scroll. Shove fries into their mouths. Someone tosses a grape. Someone yells across the room.
It doesn’t look like an attack.
It looks like Tuesday.
Attack? On who? On us?
His dad sits with his coffee, stirring it slowly, like he’s mixing some potion only he understands. His eyes scan the room—not casually, but like he’s mapping a battlefield no one else sees.
“When I’m your age,” Dad says, “there are a few random creeps. A guy on the street. That one weird teacher. The priest everyone whispers about. Ugly, yes. But rare. Independent. Parents still feel like the village is safe. Like neighbors are all on the same team.”
He looks past Evan, through the window, where students move in small packs across the courtyard, backpacks bouncing.
“This is still true in some small towns,” Dad says. “Back then, the evil octopus could stretch a few tentacles. Squeeze a few people at a time. It didn’t reach everywhere.”
Evan lets out a short laugh that tastes more like static than humor.
“The good old days,” he says. “Not anymore.”
He leans back, eyes narrowing. “But how is today’s mess even possible? It feels like… connected corruption. Like some subtle infection sliding through everyone. Like a glitch in the whole system. How does something that big spread?”
Inside, another question flickers:
If it’s an infection… am I already infected?
Dad lifts his coffee but doesn’t drink.
“Many fantasy lifestyle choices that used to be taboo,” he says, “are now packaged as ‘diverse’ and ‘acceptable.’ Humans are told freedom means a hundred flavors of everything. ‘Just pick what you want.’ When I was a kid, there were three ice‑cream flavors. Vanilla, chocolate, strawberry.”
Evan pokes at his burger.
“Is it bad that there are a hundred flavors now?” he asks.
“Not by itself,” Dad says. “But ice cream isn’t healthy. More flavors mean more people eat more of it. Freedom used to mean you had the chance to choose something virtuous and actually do it. That kind of choice brings a piece of Heaven down here.”
He tips his chin toward a hallway poster that reads: FOLLOW YOUR TRUTH.
“Now,” Dad continues, “offering only virtuous options is considered restrictive. Someone—or something—wants this place to look and feel like hell.”
Evan’s gaze drifts to a group of kids arguing over a video on a phone, voices sharpening. In the thumbnail, someone is bleeding. People are laughing.
“Kids don’t even believe in Heaven or hell anymore,” Evan says. “We’re told that’s ‘exclusionary.’ It puts some people in a ‘heavenly class’ and dumps everyone else in the trash. You can’t say someone’s lifestyle is ‘immoral’ without being called a bigot.”
His throat tightens.
He thinks of friends who are out, friends who are closeted, friends who are just confused and trying not to drown.
“It’s discriminatory,” he adds quietly, “to be biased against someone for their ‘chosen lifestyle.’ That’s what they teach us.”
Dad’s gaze softens, but his voice stays firm.
“Disbelief in anything beyond the physical world is convenient,” he says. “If nothing mystical exists, then there are no unseen immoral monsters. If everything fits inside this little material box, you never look past the cardboard.”
Evan drums his fingers on the table.
He imagines shadowy hands pressing through thin cardboard walls.
“Who are these nefarious beings?” he asks. “And what do they even want?”
He tries to sound sarcastic, but the question feels hot and real.
Dad studies him.
For a moment, the space between them feels charged, like dust motes catching sunlight.
“Thank you for actually wanting to know,” Dad says. “Most people don’t. The unseen monsters promote war, homelessness, child abuse, drug use, sexual exploitation, lawlessness, and violence. They ride whatever trend will break the most people.”
Evan looks around again.
One kid slumps alone, hoodie up, eyes red. Another scrolls through fight videos, laughing too loudly. A third stares at nothing, tray untouched.
“How do these things benefit from all that?” Evan asks. “They have to be smart enough to see the long-term consequences. They can’t expect to raise kids in the world they’re wrecking. Don’t they realize they’re destroying the same civilization they live in?”
His words spill faster.
“It’s like they’re trying to drag hell into the physical world for everyone,” he says. “Them, their kids, their friends. No one gets out. I get wanting revenge on people you hate, but why destroy everything, including yourself?”
He stares at his hands.
“Maybe,” he says quietly, “they just never have a happy life. Maybe they can’t wait to die.”
Dad’s voice drops.
“The tempting monsters escape their prison,” he says. “They ride on human backs like horses. They come from hell and want to make Earth feel like home.
“The immoral ones work to block any virtuous action. They glorify drugs, addictions, exploitation, escapist fantasies, and fragile identities. They tell people to be ‘morally flexible,’ ‘virtue‑fluid,’ purely instinctive. They teach that humans are just animals scrambling to survive.”
A slow, cold current slides down Evan’s spine.
“The dark forces,” Dad continues, “push to normalize every kind of perversion under banners of ‘equity, freedom, inclusion.’ They tempt us to leak out our mystic energy, to disconnect from our souls. They want criminal behavior, reckless drug use, constant intoxication, and violent emotional outbursts to feel normal. They want teens to feel comfortable lying, cheating, stealing—to believe that’s just how you get what you want.”
Evan exhales sharply.
“Lighten up,” he says, though he doesn’t mean it. “You’re on a non‑stop doom roll. Don’t you believe in compromise at all? Isn’t there room for both Heaven and hell on Earth?”
He arches an eyebrow.
“And I’m guessing,” he adds, “you’re ‘biased’ and ‘discriminating’ against the ‘perverts’ for their lifestyle choices. Don’t they have the right to be who they were created to be?”
Dad doesn’t flinch.
“Homelessness, addiction, insanity used to be considered problems,” he says. “Now they’re sometimes repackaged as just ‘lifestyle choices.’ And yes, I’m biased—against monsters. I don’t approve when they promote destructive ways of living as if they’re noble.”
Evan peels a sticker welded to the tabletop.
“I’m pretty sure,” he says, “that it’s politically incorrect to put any judgment word in front of ‘chosen lifestyle.’ Today’s big virtues—equity, inclusion, diversity—are used to say all lifestyles are acceptable under free choice.”
Dad folds his hands.
“I do discriminate,” he says quietly, “against cruel parents who mistreat their kids—mentally, emotionally, physically. They’re so selfish they can’t see past their own impulses. They’re more fused with their animal instincts than their souls. When they let monsters pull the strings, they turn into puppets.”
Puppets.
The word hangs in the air.
Evan imagines himself with invisible strings tied to his wrists, jerked every time he opens an app, laughs at a meme, or looks away from something he knows is wrong.
“Today’s version of equity and inclusion,” Evan says slowly, “basically says people are allowed to be whatever fantasy they want. Even an ‘asexual puppet’ or a mannequin. And if they see themselves as puppets, of course, someone else can control them. They think giving up their free will is part of being ‘authentic.’”
“The astral beings,” Dad says, “break out of their own dimension and slip into human bodies. They drive people like cars. The real driver—the soul—panics and climbs into the passenger seat.”
He tilts his head.
“Why does someone hand over their own steering wheel?”
Evan glances at the kids behind them, still laughing at drunk‑fail videos.
“Lots of reasons,” he says. “Getting wasted is the easiest way to dodge accountability. If you’re drunk, you can say and do anything, and people excuse it because ‘you weren’t yourself.’
“Getting high takes your brain into fantasyland where logic isn’t invited. You don’t have to sit with boring, painful feelings. It’s this flowing, realistic unreality.”
He runs his thumb over a small, pale scar on his wrist.
No one notices.
“Drugs give you a storm of sensations with no responsibility,” he says. “It’s like driving down a highway, closing your eyes, and letting go of the wheel just to see what happens.”
Dad watches him with a new, sharper focus.
“Your understanding of these things,” Dad says slowly, “makes me wonder what you’ve been up to.”
Evan smirks, but the air thickens.
“Research and observation,” he says. “You don’t have to jump off a bridge to know it’ll break your legs.”
Inside, though, a thin black thread of memory curls tighter.
On the outside, his energy looks bright enough.
On the inside, darker currents swim in deeper water.
Later in the evening, Evan and his dad analyze how escaped spirits groom children and cause micro-traumas to weaken their innocence over time. The safety of the bedroom makes the reality of these spiritual attacks feel even more pressing. Later that night, the house is quiet.
Evan sits at his desk, laptop screen glowing harsh blue. Doom headlines and edit notifications crowd his browser. He stares for a moment, then shuts the lid.
The room feels less bright with the light gone. More honest.
His dad knocks once and steps inside, like he’s entering sacred ground.
“I keep thinking about what we talked about,” Evan says. “The infection thing.”
He swivels in his chair to face Dad.
“There’s this… subtle contamination spreading through everyone,” he says. “The worst trends don’t just appear. They creep. It’s like someone is running a long‑term update in the background. It feels like an evil mastermind has a master plan.”
He looks up at the ceiling, as if the code is hidden in the plaster.
“How is this connected corruption even possible?” he asks. “Is there some giant overlord controlling all these monsters? I thought monsters were supposed to be rebellious and chaotic, not well‑coordinated.”
Dad sits on the edge of the bed, his shoulders heavy.
“The escaped spirits have a long‑term plan,” he says. “They groom children so they can feast on their mystic light.”
Evan swallows.
His chest warms, like someone has lit a small flame inside it.
“They start early,” Dad continues. “They marinate young brains in unreality. They stuff kids with false beliefs. They don’t destroy innocence in one blow; they weaken it slowly.
“They desensitize children to violence, immorality, and so‑called ‘alternative lifestyles’ that don’t just expand choice—they erase conscience.”
Images flash across Evan’s mind: classmates cheering at a video of a fight; TikToks that turn humiliation and pain into jokes; storylines where cruelty is framed as edgy.
“The Tempters fracture the family,” Dad says. “They try to separate kids from their parents. They whisper that parents can’t be trusted, that secrets are normal, that adults are the enemy.
“They expose children to micro‑traumas—through books, videos, classroom debates that are too adult, too graphic, too soon.”
Micro‑traumas.
The word vibrates through Evan’s body, like a list of tiny unseen cuts.
“It pushes them,” Dad says, “to try on the immoral costumes and masks of adulthood. They stop wearing the capes and hoods of childhood innocence. ‘Coming of age’ can happen at any time now. It doesn’t wait for birthdays.”
“Why is that so bad?” Evan asks. “You say it’s wrong for adults to live in fantasy. So why is it wrong for kids to question reality, to play with identities, to imagine more?”
He sounds genuinely curious. He is.
“The foundation isn’t solid yet,” Dad says. “You can’t renovate a house while the concrete is still wet.”
He pauses, then shifts.
“Let’s talk about youth,” he says.
As the conversation deepens, they turn to the exploration of normalizing sensations and the destruction of childhood free will through corrupted environments. Dad uses memories of the past to illustrate how easily a pure soul can be misdirected. A memory flickers across Dad’s face: six‑year‑old Evan, climbing trees before he can spell danger, sprinting toward every glowing, buzzing thing.
“Small children,” Dad says now, “naturally strive for excellence. Their main goal isn’t to avoid pain; it’s to explore. If they only cared about comfort, they’d lie around and demand snacks like lapdogs.
“But something deeper—call it soul—pushes them to practice walking, speaking, trying, failing. The soul works to partner with the new body. It has to befriend the ego, the instincts, the developing brain.”
Evan listens, eyes distant.
He remembers being little, staring at shadows and electrical cords with the same intense fascination.
“The soul,” Dad continues, “whispers virtuous inspiration. It nudges kids to discover and master what they need to live well here. Children trust their conscience by default. They depend on it—until they’re taught not to.”
Evan frowns.
“I think kids struggle with all the signals from their five senses,” he says. “There’s just… so much data.”
“Exactly,” Dad replies. “In new situations, instincts and chemical emotions grab the wheel. The unknown feels dangerous. That’s why toddlers cling to their mom’s hand when they walk into a crowded room. Curiosity eventually wins, but sensations try to rule first.
“Those sensations are supposed to be guides, not gods.”
He gestures in front of him, as if shaping invisible currents.
“Over time, personal preferences form,” he says. “The brain weaves experiences into a constantly updated database of ‘pleasure’ and ‘pain.’ That database helps a child adapt.
“But if the basic sensations of normal life feel unbearable, the child grows into an anxious, traumatized teen.”
“I thought everyone had the same instincts and emotions,” Evan says.
Dad shakes his head.
“Repetition defines ‘normal,’” he says. “The humming fridge? Scary at first, then just background noise. Sirens outside, wind rattling windows—startling, then expected.
“A black cable snaking from the wall triggers curiosity. Once a kid tugs it and sees it doesn’t attack, it becomes harmless. Soon, cords hanging everywhere will be normal. Not snakes. Just wires.”
He looks at Evan.
“Normalcy is defined by repetition, not by moral value,” he says. “The black wire is neither virtuous nor evil. It’s just there. Once it’s expected, it can even feel… comforting.”
He leans back.
“Ordinary sensory input doesn’t get labeled as ‘painful’ anymore. Even discomfort is tolerated when kids sense it’s part of learning.
“But sometimes what gets normalized isn’t harmless.”
Evan nods slowly.
“Sometimes what you see shouldn’t be normal,” he says.
Dad’s eyes darken.
“Seeing Dad slap Mom for the first time,” he says quietly, “is shocking. It doesn’t fit the pattern. But if it happens every day, it becomes ordinary. Expected. Part of the furniture.”
Evan’s stomach twists.
He doesn’t ask where that example comes from.
“The child’s inner library files that behavior under ‘how parents act,’” Dad continues. “They assume all adults act like that. They start play‑acting those roles with dolls, friends and imaginary people.
“When they grow up, they unconsciously mimic their ‘god‑like’ parents and teachers.”
Evan exhales.
“So tons of false beliefs and expectations get installed in childhood,” he says, “just from watching what people do.”
“Exactly,” Dad says.
“Expose children to graphic criminal behavior—online fights, violent pranks, glorified brutality—and they learn that’s normal. They think they should practice it. ‘Criminal’ becomes a role they can try on.
“Expose them to graphic sexual content, and that becomes normal too. Stories that glamorize rebellion teach that everyone is selfish and that everyone disobeys. Lying, cheating, stealing, getting high, binge drinking—those things become the default in their minds.”
He rubs his forehead, tired.
“A society that treats insanity and chaos as ‘quirky’ or ‘edgy’ convinces kids that acting crazy is allowed and maybe expected,” he says. “They even expect applause. They expect others to validate their fantasies, no matter how destructive.”
Evan thinks of a purple dinosaur from his childhood, cheerfully singing about love and sharing.
“I watched that talking dinosaur as a kid,” he says. “At some point, I know it isn’t real. I never want to be a purple dinosaur.”
Dad smiles faintly.
“Children naturally seek virtuous feelings,” he says. “Not only because they feel good, but because they feel right. Curiosity. Joy. Kindness. Wonder. That’s the default.
“Unfortunately, their desires are being artificially groomed.”
A strange sensation stirs in Evan’s chest, like a golden light trying to rise through layers of static.
“Desires are the engine behind actions,” Dad says. “Boys and girls lose innocence when they choose to harm themselves or others.
“They ‘come of age’ when they understand pain and suffering—and decide to add to it.”
Evan’s thoughts drift to little betrayals: a cruel text, a leaked screenshot, a lie told to look cool.
“Their purity corrupts,” Dad continues, “when they know it’s wrong to lie, cheat, steal—and still do it for selfish reasons. Innocence cracks the moment a child manipulates their parents on purpose. Then adult‑level desires—revenge, greed, possessiveness—move in early.”
“So basically,” Evan says, “they decide to stop being guided by their conscience.”
“Partially,” Dad says. “Kids don’t understand civil law, natural law, cosmic law. The conscience tries to lead them through a maze of options, but the environment is supposed to help.
“Children should live in a protected zone where all choices are good choices—fenced yards, removed hazards, filtered influences. Their options should be between multiple acceptable possibilities.”
Evan snorts.
“Like, ‘Cheerios, cornflakes, or pancakes?’” he says. “Instead of ‘ice cream, chocolate cake, or rat poison?’”
“Exactly,” Dad says. “They’re learning to use free will safely.
“They shouldn’t be forced into extreme decisions like, ‘Do you want to live with Mom or Dad?’ or ‘Do you want to be a boy or a girl?’ or ‘Will you lie to your parents because a teacher told you to?’ Those choices cut too deep, too soon.”
Evan remembers the first time he realized adults lie.
“I get confused,” he admits. “When I find out people I trust are lying, I start thinking lying is just part of the game.
“If they do it, why can’t I?”
His voice drops.
“I learn it’s only wrong if you get caught,” he says. “When I ‘come of age,’ my list of options explodes. Stealing a cookie becomes ‘allowed’ once I figure out how not to get caught.
“Staying up after curfew is just a stealth challenge. Eventually, I figured out that rules only matter if someone enforces them.
“My invisible boundaries dissolve under this silent law: I can do whatever I want when no one is watching.”
Dad nods slowly.
“And that,” he says, “is exactly where the nefarious beings come in.
“They work to dismantle families. They numb children little by little using micro‑doses of immorality and rebellion.
“They whisper that most laws are made up. They get kids used to other people’s trauma as an everyday background. Drama becomes ordinary—and therefore acceptable.
“When chaos is ‘normal,’ kids feel drawn to create their own versions. They drag their play‑acting into adult life.”
He nods toward the closed laptop.
“Books, movies, the internet,” he says, “expose kids to graphic, degenerate behavior way too early. They redefine twisted actions as ‘normal.’ That triggers an early desire to experience those things, not just watch.
“The children are being groomed to be pure fuel—mystic energy harvested by the fallen ones.”
Evan’s mind reels.
“What amazes me,” he says, “is that this feels global. Different organizations, different countries, different beliefs—but everyone seems to be pulling in the same direction.
“School boards, local governments, the internet, entertainment, even parts of law enforcement—they’re not all sitting in one room plotting. Most of them don’t even like each other.
“But still, the result looks the same: kids’ innocence gets shredded instead of protected.”
His energy flares, hot and tight.
“Parents just sit back,” he says. “They’re overwhelmed. Attacks come from every direction. It feels like a viral mind‑hack with no central server. This contamination spreads with no obvious leader.
“After years of this, so many people end up full of false beliefs, core corruption, chasing some fantasy life pumped by negative emotions.”
He stares at Dad.
“So who or what is running the show?” he asks. “Why would any loving Creator allow something to destroy their own creation?”
Dad’s gaze drifts to the window, to the ink‑black sky beyond.
“Whatever this conglomerate is,” he says quietly, “I doubt the Divine created it in its current form.
“Cosmic free will lets things get twisted. Systems can corrupt themselves when enough beings choose darkness.”
Evan’s mouth twitches.
“Can you at least give them a club name?” he asks. “Something dramatic. The Hidden. The Nothing. The Dark Side. Evil Gremlins. Mad Monsters. Deceptive Tempters?”
Dad actually chuckles.
“When you watch traffic from above,” he says, “it looks like there must be a director. Cars flow in patterns. But each driver is an individual, just temporarily aligned so they don’t crash.
“No one’s really trying to help the others reach their destination. They obey the same basic rules, so they can all chase their own goals.”
He looks back at Evan.
“Monsters, ghosts, entities, demons, tempters—they can appear to cooperate,” Dad says, “but only because their selfish agendas line up for a while. They’re not a family.
“They’re a swarm.”
Evan inhales.
“So they just ride the same currents until they get where they want,” he says.
Dad nods.
“The hidden ones’ combined efforts break down conservative values and virtuous aspirations,” he says. “Smaller groups fight each other over illusions. Each demands the right to do whatever they want—and insists everyone else affirm their deviance.
“Conflict escalates because more humans choose chaotic energy. The soul’s real enemy hides in the background, distracting everyone from their lessons.”
He leans forward.
“The battle rages through proxy groups,” he says. “Each claims the right to be violent and lawless to get what they desire.
“But we’re not meant to be passive. We must become soul warriors—protect ourselves first, then be ready to face real enemies.”
Evan lifts an eyebrow.
“Now you want to send me to military school,” he jokes, “so I can master my soul’s superpowers?”
Inside, something small sparks.
“Yes,* it whispers.
“Criminal behavior,” Dad says, “is being normalized as ‘the fruit of necessity.’ I foresee more virtualization—more people living online, more revenge fantasies turned into entertainment.
“Those who feel harmed will be told they have the right to harm others.”
He speaks carefully now, like he’s drawing the future in the air.
“Imagine this,” he says. “An injured victim and their attacker, in a locked room. The victim is invited to inflict equal or greater pain in the name of ‘justice.’ Families of victims are praised for burning houses, stealing assets, evading and torturing offenders.
“As law enforcement weakens, organized revenge groups pop up, offering payback services.”
Evan snorts, but his stomach flips.
“For only $449.95,” he says, “Retaliation Inc. will kidnap your enemy so you can torture them personally.”
Dad doesn’t laugh.
“As oppression increases,” he says, “resentment and revenge boil over. People are told it’s righteous to strike back. Media and entertainment preach that the oppressed must retaliate by any means—lying, cheating, vandalizing and committing emotional warfare online.
“Tactics that used to be shameful become badges of honor.”
Evan rakes a hand through his hair.
“So, to summarize,” he says, “if someone decides they’re offended—even halfway—then they suddenly feel like they have the right to do anything.
“No civil law. No cosmic law. No punishment expected. Just unlimited ‘righteous retaliation.’”
His voice hardens.
“If you claim hurt feelings, discrimination, exclusion,” he says, “you get a blank check to react however you want.
“Descendants of victims feel forced to punish descendants of past oppressors. New revenge clubs form because someone did something someone else didn’t like. People join to share the rage. They don’t even know the original story.”
He imagines angry mobs online; hashtags, burn‑it‑down posts, digital pitchforks.
“The battle spirals down,” Evan says. “More souls get sucked into this swirling vortex of dark energy.”
Dad nods slowly.
“‘Righteous retaliation’ will be the buzzword,” he says. “The so‑called good side will use it to justify new lawless tactics.
“But cosmic law still applies. Consequences arrive later.”
Evan stares at the ceiling.
“So what’s the outcome?” he asks.
“That isn’t locked in,” Dad says. “The rush toward violence and destruction must burn itself out before real change can happen.
“In the meantime, souls must rise—using mystic power instead. Soul students’ mastered superpowers are stronger than any earthly power.”
A thin thread of light seems to pulse in the air between them.
Like a promise.
Alone in the dark, Evan contemplates activating graduated masters and transmuting past-life karma to protect the soul from dormant inner monsters. The weight of his own spiritual responsibility finally settles over him. Sleep doesn’t come.
Evan lies in bed, eyes open, watching faint streetlight shadows crawl across the ceiling. He feels like he’s inside a game where half the players are invisible, and the rulebook is encrypted.
Dad’s voice floats softly from the doorway—calmer now.
“There is a massive army of righteous, graduated teachers in the mystic world,” Dad says, “interested in protecting souls like you.”
Evan turns his head.
“Graduated like… spirits that passed all their tests?” he asks.
“Exactly,” Dad says. “They hold reserves of power big enough to counter the oppression aimed at souls on Earth. But they can’t just act however they want down here.
“They must be invited. Authorized by embodied soul students.”
“So they’re like guardians who can’t help unless we hit ‘accept’ on the terms and conditions,” Evan says.
“Pretty much,” Dad replies. “Our free will created much of this mess. Our attraction to fantasy unreality fed the system. So we’re responsible for fixing it—using wise, virtuous soul power.”
He comes in and sits on the desk chair.
“The spoken word,” he says, “is one of your soul’s most powerful tools. It’s how you activate assistance from these graduated masters. They care, but they’re not playing this world’s game anymore.”
“Sounds rigged,” Evan says. “One team doesn’t know there’s a game. Most embodied souls have no idea there is a win condition.
“They stumble around while the dark side cheats with hacks and secret exploits.”
He presses his palms over his eyes.
“Embodied souls have to figure out the rules, the purpose, everything, while they’re being attacked,” he says. “The dark side knows the rules and breaks them on purpose.”
“True,” Dad says. “That’s why soul students must be virtuous—or their sponsors can’t protect them.
“You can’t call on a healer while clutching a dagger. Forgiveness matters because vengeful feelings pull you into illegal retaliation.”
Something tightens in Evan’s chest at the word forgiveness. He sees faces—classmates, one teacher, parts of himself.
“So the key,” he says slowly, “is not numbing our soul connection. We have to learn how to use these superpowers… on purpose.”
“Yes,” Dad says. “That’s the only real solution.
“Otherwise, things spiral down. People kill each other off. Planets burn. This has happened on other worlds, not just here.”
He looks at Evan, eyes solemn.
“Cosmic cycles are speeding up,” he says. “There’s only a narrow window now for many souls to choose pure mystic light over chaotic energy. For some, this lifetime is their final chance.”
Evan swallows.
“Okay,” he says. “Now I’m legitimately scared of being melted in a lake of fire. What are my options?”
Dad’s voice softens.
“Picture your soul as a crystal sphere,” he says. “Inside, part of it glows with divine qualities—virtues, talents, wisdom. The outer crust is caked with negative emotions, vices and destructive desires.”
“Like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in one ball,” Evan says.
“Something like that,” Dad replies. “Pieces of both personalities—light and dark—connect with your body, instincts, genetics and learned behaviors.
“There’s a mysterious timing to it. Different aspects of your soul’s dark side and light side get activated at different stages of life.”
“So what triggers someone’s past criminal habits to show up now?” Evan asks. “When does past‑life darkness sync with this life?”
“The important part,” Dad says, “is that both virtuous and unvirtuous patterns reintegrate gradually in each new lifetime.
“The slate doesn’t get fully erased between incarnations. Old habits creep back in. Some call that fate or destiny. Others call it karma.”
Evan props himself up on one elbow.
“How do I keep the good and dump the bad?” he asks.
Dad gives a sad little smile.
“Many people don’t want to think about pre‑existence or afterlife,” he says. “They slam that door shut. I call them ‘don’t‑nuts’—or donuts.”
Evan snorts.
“These donuts don’t question what momentum they created in past lives,” Dad continues. “They don’t learn how to change old patterns before those vices slither back like oily serpents.”
Evan shivers at the image—black snakes sliding along the edges of his inner world, searching for cracks.
“This could explain why some nice people suddenly snap,” he says quietly. “Why someone who seems fine just… breaks.
“Can returning karma trigger insanity, even if they’re born normal?”
“Absolutely,” Dad says. “We don’t know what monsters we created in the past.
“Our made‑up inner creatures are released on a kind of schedule. But we do have a say in when—and even if—they get out.”
He leans forward.
“We can reach back,” he says, “to transform our past monstrous patterns before they’re activated.
“We can work to transmute corrupted vices, addictions, destructive habits that are still locked in part of our soul—before they fully reintegrate into the body and behavior.”
Evan bites his lip.
“Can you tell me how much time I have before my past‑life monsters break free and wreck me?” he asks.
“It depends,” Dad says. “On your choices. On the help you accept. On how seriously you take your inner work.
“But the best strategy is simple: don’t wait. Turn the monsters into allies before they escape. Transform darkness into light. Transmute nefarious desires into virtuous desires.”
He holds Evan’s gaze.
“People assume life will magically improve if they keep doing the same things,” Dad adds. “The wise climb the mountain of wisdom, virtue, and power—so they rise above their karma instead of being crushed by it.
“The donuts pretend they don’t own their past monsters. But those creatures know exactly who created them.
“They always come home.”
Evan lies back and stares at the ceiling.
In his mind’s eye, he sees it: a crystal sphere.
Light glows in the center, pushing outward. Around it, layers of shadow cling like old soot. Under the surface, he senses movement—dark shapes sliding, waiting—and, deeper still, a steady, quiet radiance pressing against them.
Between one breath and the next, he feels streams of energy flowing through him—some warm and bright, some cold and sticky.
He doesn’t yet know how to rewrite his own code. He doesn’t know how to invite the invisible allies or face the monsters he has already built.
But one thing is suddenly, painfully clear:
The game is real.
And he has to learn the rules before his own monsters do.
Chapter Synopsis: Evan and his dad sit in the Redwood High cafeteria during parent-visit day, where Dad warns him about an organized spiritual attack and a connected web of corruption normalizing destructive lifestyles, addiction, and perversion among youth. Later that night, they analyze how escaped spirits groom children through micro-traumas, erode childhood free will, and normalize societal chaos so they can harvest human mystic energy. Finally, as Evan struggles to sleep, Dad explains the mechanics of past-life karma, unaddressed inner monsters, and the necessity of using the spoken word to invoke graduated masters and transmute dark patterns before they integrate into behavior.
The Connected Corruption (The Swarm): Rather than isolated incidents, today's moral decline and normalized perversions are driven by escaped astral spirits and dark forces that ride human backs and coordinate like a swarm to harvest human mystic energy.
Groming Through Micro-Traumas: The Tempters systematically weaken children's innocence and erode their conscience through early exposure to graphic content, adult debates, and shock media, preparing them to act as fuel.
The Normalization of Insanity: Society and media redefine chaos, addiction, and lawlessness as "quirky," "edgy," or "chosen lifestyles," tricking children into abandoning their inner guidance in exchange for false validation.
Transmuting Past-Life Karma: Souls carry caked layers of negative emotions and past-life vices (inner monsters) that reintegrate on a schedule; however, individuals can actively reach back to transform and transmute these patterns before they erupt into behavior.
Evan: A high school student who wrestles with the heavy invisible realities of modern corruption, questions why evil is allowed to flourish, and resolves to master his spiritual awareness.
Evan’s Dad: A mentor who maps out the unseen battlefield, explaining how escaped spirits groom children, normalize chaos, and trigger past-life karma.
The Tempters / Escaped Spirits: Dark, parasitic forces that break out of their dimension, ride humans like horses, and push society toward lawlessness and spiritual exhaustion.
Graduated Masters: An army of righteous, advanced teachers in the mystic world who hold massive reserves of power and protect souls, but must be authorized and invited by embodied soul students.