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 A week has passed since Alexey Petrovich's meeting with the mysterious man in the park. But until now, when he closed his eyes, he could see Gabrillend's face and his mesmerizing gaze. He began to regret he had not asked him the questions that were growing in his head. At least, it was necessary to know when and where exactly their message would transmit? On which TV channel, on what site on the Internet? And how soon, in a week, in a month?

 The situation with his grandson Anton became increasingly difficult. Daughter-in-law Tatyana, Anton's mother, was also summoned to the prosecutor's office and interrogated. Appointments with him cancelled. There she was told her son accused of very serious state crimes. And since Anton had already turned 18, he was facing a lengthy prison term.

 In the evening of the same day, Alexey Petrovich was sitting at the computer and reading news on the Internet. His wife Elena asked him to come in from another room, where she watched a further episode of the movie on TV.

 "Alex - come here. Now there will be some important message," she said.

 He entered the room and saw on the TV screen an inscription in white letters on a black background – «Attention citizens of the country... now there will be an important announcement».

 "The screening of the film was on a sudden interrupted and this inscription appeared," his wife said.

 It was now 21:00 - the time of the main news of the country. Aleksey Petrovich switched to Channel One. There was such an inscription there too. He checked the others channels - the same thing.

 "Maybe this is some official announcement from the authorities," he thought.

 All a sudden, the face of a man with long raven hair, a mustache and beard of the same color and wearing large dark glasses appeared on the screen.

 "Greetings citizens of the country..." he said. "I represent the League of Fighters for Justice. These are challenging times for human souls. People become free when will desire it. They self-impose all restrictions on themselves. Even a few caring people can transform the world. You need changes! It is necessary to reform the government, politicians - because they do not feel the need to do something for ordinary citizens. They only think about themselves. You must continue to fight and stand up for your rights until see changes. Until these people leave, and you are getting a chance at a better life."

 "We want to offer a way by which people can try to get rid of the authoritarian rulers of the country. But till then, as you keep hoping that someone will come and do something you should do yourself, nothing will change for the better. Unlike street protests and demonstrations that dispersed by the ruling regime, a bloody Uprising or Revolution, when many civilians die, only the primary culprit of all problems, the authoritarian ruler who seized power, can be a victim of this method." 

"If a considerable number of people in the country, dissatisfied with the ruling power, want to overthrow the ruler, they can try to do it without even leaving their homes. To perform this, you need to take the photograph of his and incinerate it at a predetermined time. Along with the appropriate wishes. The essential thing is to act at the same time and purposefully."

 "Thoughts are energy. Every single thought is like a fragile drop. But the drops, united together, acting in the same direction, become a powerful stream that can demolish everything in its path. The more drops of thoughts in this flow, the stronger it is. If the desire is intense enough, you can get what think about. It's time for a changes. An ideas -- whose day has come -- has tremendous power."

 "State authority in the hands of authoritarian rulers becomes a security threat not only for their country, but for the whole world. Their erroneous actions can lead to the destruction of the entire human civilization. But they have a chance to be spared a sorrowful fate. Resign from all posts and give illegally obtained wealth to the country and people. Give the ruler 10 days to think, and if there is no resignation, burn his photo at 12:00 at night."

 "And now I want to appeal to the leaders of the country - quit, leave all posts. Let free democratic elections held. Your time is up."

Then a man on the screen leaned closer to the camera, took off his glasses and repeated:

"YOUR TIME IS UP." 

 Although Aleksey Petrovich had begun to suspect this before, but now, having seen the eyes of the speaker on TV, he was confident.

 "This is the same person I encountered in the park. But then he was bald and without a beard," he told his wife.

 Although the TV screen could not convey the feeling, that he experienced that evening. Those unusually large, almost supernatural eyes fascinated and hypnotized. It seemed that Time stopped for a moment. Eyebrows and eyelashes were faintly visible, and it further enhanced the impact of this look. Then the image on the screen flickered and a continuation of the before interrupted transmission appeared. As if nothing had happened.

 "Some strange announcement - on state television they offer to overthrow Government. And in such a peculiar, cruel way. And what a piercing look he has, it gives a shiver. He speaks with an accent, undoubtedly he is a foreigner," said his wife.

 "I suppose so, they were able to connect to computer networks for managing television channels. And I like their offer -- you don't even need to leave the house," said Alexey Petrovich and turned off the TV.

 "Our authorities themselves are to blame - how many years they have been ruling, but there is no sense in it," he continued. "They squeezed the people in a vise with their stupid laws. Nothing can be said against them. The elections are fake, salaries and pensions are small. They built palaces for themselves and fill their pockets at the expense of the state. Criticize Western countries -- but their children and relatives live contentedly there. The law is unwritten for them. And ordinary people in this country can no longer say what they think. Do you remember how, after an accident with our son, this scoundrel, who crashed into him, turned up to be the brother of some official? And did not receive any punishment, came out unscathed." Alexey Petrovich fell silent, went to the window and looked out into the street.

 "Maybe nothing will work. Our people are kind of lethargic, dull. Any desire to resist was knocked out of them by laws and repressions. Those who actively opposed the government either moved abroad or went to prison. Let's see what happens next. I'll go and look at the news on the Internet," said Alexey Petrovich.

 Discussion of this event on the Internet has already begun. Indeed, a speech or appeal demanding for the resignation of the country's leadership appeared on all state channels. And no one could turn it off. Only on two occasions was it possible to interrupt this by turning off the television studio switch.

 Websites appeared on the Internet with photos of all the leaders of the country. With the ability to download and print them. But they could also be easily found in newspapers and magazines.

 It was officially announced that this speech was an extremist trick of the maleficent terrorist community. And reminded are citizens of the criminal punishment for any insult to state symbols or leaders of the country.

 Alexey Petrovich had heard and read before about the relationship of a person with his image. But now he searched the Internet for more detailed information and compiled a brief summary on this topic.

 People have known and used magic since time immemorial. All magical rituals are based on supernatural, immaterial forces, incomprehensible and therefore not yet recognized by science.

Magical and paranormal phenomena and abilities have much in common, as they use forces and factors that cannot be explained scientifically.

 A person has an invisible connection with his image, a photograph - an energy-information double.

 Photos possess a special mystical, inexplicable power that affects fate.

 Even in ancient times, folk believed a human had magical bonds with his image. Sorcerers and witches inflicted damage on a person making use a picture of his.

 When photographs appeared in the middle of the 19th century, specialists with knowledge had a better opportunity to influence an individual at a distance.

 Already in our time, scientific studies have proven photographs capture the bioenergetics of a person, and not just his appearance. Some sorcerers and psychics use a picture as the main attribute in magical rituals and curses. They can determine whether a person is alive or dead, what diseases he has and find out a lot of other information. Since the photograph is mystically connected to the persons, it depicts, burning or damaging it disrupts their energy field and can cause severe harm.

 "Maybe something will still work out," thought Alexey Petrovich.