The Men Who Stare at Goats Page #2

Looking for a contract?

- I guess.

- What's your pitch?

Well... we're real cheap.

- Bob Wilton.

- Skip.

- Do you mind if I...?

- No.

- So you're from Arkansas?

- No.

- Been here long?

- No.

Be careful what you wish for.

I wanted to prove myself.

And for my sins...

Faith taught me a lesson.

Lyn Cassady?

Lyn Cassady.

For me, after Bill he was the

most gifted psych I've ever met.

Do you know a Gus Lacey?

Skip?

Hello?

Lyn?

I've your hat.

Skip?

- You work for Hooper?

- Hooper? No.

I work for the Ann

Arbor Daily Telegram.

How do you know about Lacey?

I interviewed him a few months ago

for my paper.

Prick.

Follow me.

Let me ask you something.

What color were the chairs

in the hotel bar?

You were in there for hours.

What color were the chairs?

- Green.

- Beige.

How many lights are there

in this room?

A Super Soldier wouldn't have to look.

He would just know.

- A Super Soldier?

- A Jedi Warrior.

He would know

where all the lights were.

He could walk through a room

and he could tell you...

...how many power outlets

there were.

People are walking around

with their eyes closed.

At Level One, we were trained to

instantly absorb all details.

- What's, uh, what's a Jedi Warrior?

- You're looking at one.

- You're a Jedi Warrior?

- That's correct.

I don't...

I don't know what that means.

I'm Sergeant First Class Lyn Cassady,

Special Forces, retired.

In the eighties,

I was trained at Fort Bragg

...under a secret initiative

codenamed "Project Jedi. "

The objective of the project

was to create Super Soldiers.

Soldiers with super powers.

We were the first generation

of the New Earth Army.

- Youve got super powers?

- That's correct.

Wait a minute.

What you saying is that you...

...were a Psychic Spy, like Lacey?

We prefer the term "Remote Viewer. "

- How does that work?

- Well, every Jedi had different techniques.

Mel Landau used to visualize packing

all his troubles into a little suitcase,

...to clear his mind.

Steve Cuttle recite Bible verse

which was...

What about you?

I find... I find drinking helps.

And...

And if I'm listening to

classic rock...

- Oh, yeah? Like who?

- I like Boston. Boston usually works.

What other powers did you practice?

Invisibility.

- Invisibility?

- Yeah. That was Level Three.

- Like... actual invisibility?

- Well, yeah, that was the goal.

Eventually, we adapted it to just

finding a way of not being seen.

But once you understand,

the linkage between observation

and reality,

...then you begin to

dance with invisibility.

Like camouflage?

No. It's not like camouflage.

We also practiced Phasing.

Crossing from particle to wave,

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