Over the course of the next 2 centuries several species are uplifted by Humans, mostly mammals such as dogs, cats, bonobos, and porposes. Sadly, they are barely uplifted to human level intelligence and tend to be somewhat dull. The greatest successes come with rats and foxes and surprisingly parrots and crows. The parrots and crows are significantly more intelligent than humans and almost to a being great and focused philosophers "who can *do* the maths".
Less well known is the story of the rats and foxes, both secretive and sly, they kept the extent of their intelligences secret as they did their forays into "self-uplift". Secretly the rats invented time travel and those secrets were stolen by the foxes who used them to their own ends. The secret history of the time wars wherein the rats and foxes battle across time with the fate(s) of mankind shifting with successes and defeats between the parties has always and will always remain hidden to the humans who began the chain of events. Silently in the wings, the crows watch, observing that existence plays out as it always is/was/willbe, only commentting to each other on the motivations and details as events fold, unfold, and re-fold into the eventualities of earthkinds ultimate destiny. xponent I Not Here, You Have Never Met Me Maru Reboot.... You Will Forget Everything Maru Reboot.... Kids Lit Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
