Intruder Alert: part 11

At the end of the day Blake was very exhausted. He had examined the possessed robot for weaponry, but found nothing that looked ominous. He had no trouble falling asleep. A few moments after he closed his eyes, he found himself in a dream, and experienced a shaft of light reminiscent of the transport beam.
“Blake, my dear,” his mother’s voice rang clearly in his mind.
She then appeared before his astonished inner vision.
“Mother, what a surprise. You’ve never come to me in my dreams before. Oh no, does this mean you’ve passed on?” Blake asked in alarm.
“No, Blake, it’s not that bad. However, I do have news. Do you want the good news or the bad news first.” She asked.
“Well that depends.” Blake replied, not in a hurry to hear either. “Will the good news be ruined by hearing the bad news first. Or will I feel better about the bad news by hearing the good news first?”
“You know. It matters not, the relativity of the judgement of good and bad, is more about this world of limitation and differentiation. Just be aware that whatever judgement you make regarding it, will have relative value and will change over time,” Alice declared dryly.
“Yes, mother. Thank you for that erudite, brief elucidation on the nature of reality,” Blake. “I’ll take the good news first, being as how it’s all relative anyway.”
“Well, being as how the good news hinges on the bad news, I’ll give you the bad news first. The bad news is that malignant entities were present in all the new robot parts, and their mission was to take over the robot, and use it for a purpose that is still unclear. The good news is that the robot’s original parts were already possessed by benign entities and they have overpowered the malignant entities and brought them over to the benign side of the equation,” she triumphantly announced.
“Wow. what a relief, you had me going there for a moment,” Blake replied. “but now it occurs to me that whoever placed the malignant entities in the first place may have something else up their sleeve. What do you think.”
“ Blake, you might have a point there. I can not determine the manifestation of any new malignant plans at this moment, but I will look into it immediately,” she replied. “Have a good rest, and I will be in touch.”
At that instant Alice vanished from the dream and he sunk deeper into a restful slumber.

To be continued…