A Box of Almonds

   John recieved a basket of almonds last week.  He didn't have a nutcracker so he tried to use his hands to crack the nuts one by one.  If a tiny squirrel could do it surely could he.  After heavy breathing, straining, and then relaxing, eventually John opened one almond and his eyes lit up as he ate one with delight.  Over the days his grip got stronger and soon could crack an almond open as surely as he could snap his fingers. 
  
   At gatherings he would show friends his new "trick".  Eventually he recieved a call from a renowned sci-fi and fiction writer/producer.  He was calling to test his special skill.  John became suspicious of the writer/producer Brian Kee. Why the interest?  Was he being catalogued.   It was odd.  Brian Kee would call him up every day and night at all hours to get his test done.  The stress of declining the offer over and over again was getting to John.  An early 6am morning call from Kee led John to crush the phone with his grip in frustration .  At this point John decided that all of this harrassment has to stop.  John talked to his close friends about what they thought that he should do, and what might be going on.  In the mean time John became bored with almonds -- though he still ate them to pass time and for protein.

   Right now his main focus is school.  He is running late.  Literally running.  He jumps over fences, bushes, stairways, and vehicles.  He concentrates on his breathing and does algorithms in his head for the pressing exam in the coming class.  Time slows down for him as John's feet roll like wheels over the terrain. Time almost reverses as John runs to class alongside Mayan Foot Messengers pushing the pace.  John raises his wrist to the ID scanning door and is let into the Electricity Floor of the School.

   The Electricity Lab door is ajar and class is in session.  The teacher hands out the test and just as soon as John recieves the test, he hands it back completed and with confidence.  Professor. Lendguy whispers to John as he grades his paper.  "How have your quantum genetics experiments been going? Next time try something a little more difficult. Coal to diamond?"
  John chuckled to himself and wondered what the Professor was talking about. "Coal to diamond?"
He was now interested in building electricity and current from his body.  He saw a You Tube video online about it while looking up electric eel properties in humans. If another person can do it surely he could to.  
   John leisurly heads home taking his time and feeling the wind on his face as he walks and meditates.  John believes he is completely aware of his surroundings and the environment until out of nowhere Brian Kee is right there in front of him.