The night of the wedding Jen and Ken were happily exhausted and easily fell asleep. Since Jenken didn’t need to sleep, he began to explore his newly realized connection to the place of power. First he projected himself into Moselem Cave At a point 13' above the edge pond beneath the highest point of the cavern was the epicenter of power, a maelstrom swirling vortex. With little hesitation he plunged sveral mental tendrils into the vortex. Now intimately linked with the innate essence of the earth, his mental tendrils flowed unimpeded wherever his thoughts pointed. The tendrils worked together, splitting and uniting as they spread. The energy Jenken received from the vortex boosted his ability to utilize millions of tendrils. The earth itself revealed itself to his curious probing. Geologic knowledge was open to him.

In order to practice his enhanced his telekinetic power Jenken began seeing what he could lift and move. Each morning he tagged into the vortex as he headed into the forest so he could play around moving fallen trees and broken limbs. He excavated around two partly buried rocks until he was able to psychically lift them out. Then he stretched his abilities to perform similar feats of telekinesis at points increasing distant until he was able to do so at will anywhere in the solar system.

When the newly weds returned from their honeymoon, they moved into one of the smaller apartments above the Raven’s Perch. JJ’s old bedroom that he’d shared with Jenken became Jenken’s alone. The morning of the day after they returned Jenken asked for a family meeting.

“I’ve figured out a way to make money for the family,” Jenken began. “I’ve been playing with pretend investments in the stock market for two months starting out with $10,000. If my trades had been real I’d have $255,300. I can show you what I’ve done so you’ll know what I’m saying is true. What I want to do now is to set myself up as a day trader with a stake of $25,000. I’ll need your financial backing as well as your legal signatures to get started. I intend to increase the value of my investments by fifty percent every week. I know I can do this. I’ve flagged the tags I have in the business and trading industries to let me know when an event will rapidly change a stock’s value. There will be no evidence that I’m doing anything wrong because I won’t be breaking any laws. It’ll seem like I’m super prescient.”

The family was taken aback just a bit by the audacious request but they really weren’t surprised by Jenken’s request nor did they doubt he could do as he claimed. James had a small account with a major brokerage so kept an eye on the volatile stock market and agreed to review Jenken’s financial moves.

After reviewing the careful records Jenken had kept of his pretend dealings, James was astounded by the unrivaled success the toddler had achieved. James and June put up $25,000 while Judy and JJ gave him $75,000 giving Jenken a lot more than the $25,000 he wanted to establish himself as a day trader. They reasoned $100,000 would give him a better start. They would be silent partners. While the adults knew day trading was risky, they had confidence Jenken could succeed. In less than a week Jenken, with James signing as the responsible adult, had a day trading account set up in his name and funded with the $100,000. A storage room in the basement of The Raven’s Perch was cleaned out. A local contractor insulated, drywalled, wired and painted the room creating a private office for Jenken’s day trading. By the time the fall semester at KU began at the end of August Jenken began making trades. The spunky child knew what he was doing as the value of his day trading fund soared.

Jenken knew he’d be using massive amounts of bandwidth to make more and more trades. To prepare for that he signed up with Exede, a satellite internet provider for their premium service knowing it would take two to three weeks to have a satellite dish installed and make all the connections. Jenken drew $20,000 from the trading fund at the end of the third week to pay for the upgrades and expenses. The savvy youngster also ordered a top of the line server to handle the increasing flow. Those items would be installed and running by the end of the fourth week. More equipment would be added as the volume grew, eventually adding more satellite connections to handle the load.

Like other day traders, Jenken logged into his account on his laptop. From there things changed. The telekinetic toddler used his mental probes to conduct the trades. In addition, he used his ‘tags’ and ‘flags’ in the financial markets and business CFOs to see trends before they actually hit the market. In this way he was well ahead of every other speculator and sold his successful low value purchases to those that jumped in after he had done so thus making a tidy profit on each transaction. Thanks to the millions of flags and the efficiency of his mental tendrils, Jenken was able to make thousands of trades every hour, his volume per hour far outstripping what his competitors could do in an entire day. Jenken averaged 50% profit a day after paying the brokerage fees and pulling out $100 a day in salary. The initial investment had grown to $150,000 by the end of the first week.

Life for the Raven’s returned to normal... at least for them. June and James ran the Raven’s Perch. Judy, JJ and Jane went to their classes at KU during the day and helped out in the restaurant in the evening. Jen and Ken helped their grandparents while Jenken split his efforts between day trading, expanding his tags and absorbing knowledge.

The Thursday night open stage continued every week. The downside was that The Ravens were so well received no one else wanted to take a turn. The Raven’s Perch was packed for every performance. The family felt a bit guilty for hogging the open stage but they truly loved performing for an audience. Besides, not one of the customers complained.

The weekly performances sparked an interest in music for Jenken. The plucky child tagged the greatest vocal and instrumental musicians in the world in classic, pop, country, rock, jazz, blues, as well as regional genres such as Irish, Cajun, Spanish, traditional Chinese, Japanese, native American, Mexican, Carribean, Indian, African, and nearly every other musical expression. Not only did he download their knowledge, he downloaded their physical skills. Because of his age he was physically unable to utilize much of what he learned. But that only presented him with another challenge.

With his reiki ability he had learned to modify physical bodies for healing. Now he began experimenting on himself to enhance his physical abilities. First he tweaked his vocal chords to create a four octave range, from tenor through soprano. With his ability to alter his body Jenken decided to slowly expand his range to six octaves when he was a preteen. In addition he balanced his tone and timbre giving him perfect pitch. His improved virtually perfect singing voice delighted the family away and blew their audiences away. At the same time he manipulated the growth and development of his bones, muscles and ligaments to give them the needed dexterity to play nearly any instrument.

From there Jenken went into dance, downloading the precise movements and muscle control of ballerinas and tap dancers as well as Olympic athletes in gymnastics, skiing, skating, martial arts, track and field, swimming and many others. Where their bodies were limber, their bones strengthened, ligaments resilient, and muscles powerful, he modified his own to mimic them or set himself up to develop that way. At the same time he modified his lungs to increase the efficiency of oxygen-CO2 exchange. In addition he increased the strength and flexibility of his heart, arteries and veins to dramatically increase the efficiency of his blood flow to feed and cleanse his muscles and organs. This in turn tremendously increased his stamina.

On the internet Jenken found and bought a pink half size DE electric guitar that weighed 6.1 pounds. It was of decent quality with a nice neck and fretwork, and a nice full and warm sound coming from its two humbucker pickups. It featured a three way pickup selector, one tone and one volume controls, a solid wood body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard, capped tuners, and a fixed bridge with an overall length of 33 inches. Utilizing his downloaded skills, especially those of Lita Ford, Jenken began to jam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JCLNbW_KPM With only a day of practice he was doing an acceptable imitation of Lita Ford that blew the family away.

Jenken explained to his family what he’d done in downloading the musical knowledge and motor skills of the world’s best living musicians. It took a bit of convincing, but not too much, for the adults of the Raven family to agree to let Jenken download into them some of the borrowed mental and physical musical aptitude. Inspired by Jenken, James became an expert on the Irish bagpipes, flute and penny whistle while adding the saxophone and trumpet. June became an expert on the accordion and concertina while adding keyboards. JJ became an expert on the bodhran, drums and added nearly every type of percussion instrument. Jane became an expert on the fiddle and added keyboards. Judy became an expert on the electric and acoustic guitars and added the banjo and Irish harp. Jenken became an expert on virtually any instrument choosing to play the penny whistle, Mandolin, Electric and acoustic guitars as well as the saxophone. In addition to the skills needed to play the various instruments Jenken also downloaded a three thousand song repertoire. The family quickly assimilated all Jenken gave them and their performances became lively, joyous and ever more popular.

With their burgeoning music expertise, with the family’s permission, Jenken signed them up with BMI (Broadcast Music Inc) to register any songs they might compose and to pay royalties on songs they performed. They also signed on with the American Federation of Musicians.

With his now ubiquitous connection to Gaia, Jenken sensed there was more to his physical body than was previously known. His psychic abilities were due to the injuries he’d suffered prenatal, but that unknown aspect of his being was why he was able to link so intimately with and use Gaia’s essence. The truth surprised him. After thoroughly examining himself he sat down with his family to let them know he was even more unique than they’d all assumed.

“When I identify Jen as she and Ken as he, I have been telling the truth,” Jenken explained. “I am a human chimera. I was conceived as fraternal twins, a boy and a girl. My chimerism occurred when the twins merged into one fetus shortly after conception. A chimera is a single body that has two distinct DNA patterns, the same as if they’d been born separate twins. Portions of the body are one DNA sequence while other parts are the other. As seems to be part and parcel of my existence, the merger didn’t go normally. A third DNA sequence emerged that is a blend of the other two. Jen, the girl DNA, has a normal XX sequence. Ken, the boy DNA, has a normal XY sequence. Jenken, has merged girl and boy DNA, XXY. I’ve done in depth abdominal self scans and discovered I’m intersexed. I have all the male and female reproductive organs. Whether they will ever function can not be determined at this point. But this means I am a boy and a girl at the same time.”

“Since we all thought I was a boy, Ken was in charge of my presentation,” Jenken continued. “When I realized I was also Jen, Ken shared control with her. Jenken is the blend, simultaneously girl and boy. Sometimes Jen likes to be in charge, other times Ken does. The alternating presentation is confusing to everyone. Since Jenken is a compromise being both boy and girl it’s merely been a matter of convenience that I refer to my triplet self in a male context. However, I’m feeling increasingly uncomfortable presenting as a male. It’s part of the reason I’ve been presenting androgynously.”

“We need to ask Dr. Green to do a chromosome work up on me,” Jenken declared. “Once she has verified my findings, then I can begin presenting primarily as a girl.”

“What about Ken?” Jane asked.

“Ken will accept the change,” Jenken assured her. “He’s never really been a boy’s boy. Once I’m presenting primarily as a girl, at times I’ll be a tomboy.”

At first Dr. Green was amused by Jenken’s seriousness when he told her that he thought he was a chimera. But his continued insistence as well as the support his family gave to his theory convinced her to humor them. The results came back on a Thursday near the end of her office hours. Needless to say she was absolutely stunned when the chromosomal tests came back showing the toddler was indeed an extremely rare intersex triple chimera, XX, XY and XXY. Despite many inquiries from the labs, Dr. Green was principled enough to keep the identity of her patient a secret. She knew the Raven’s had a family restaurant and pub and decided to deliver the results in person and sample their fare.

She was perplexed when no one in the family seemed to the least bit surprised that Jenken had predicted his unique status. Jenken knew she intended to eat so he sat her at a small table near the stage where she could see the register, informing her the meal was on the house for all she’d done for him. At first she thanked him and tried to demure the offer, assuming he was overstepping his authority. June just smiled and told her that if Jenken offered a meal on the house, it was a valid offer. As she ate her delicious meal she watched Jenken man the register. She was amazed at his ability to do the math in his head and run the credit card machine. Jenken injected suggestions into her mind to simply accept his precociousness as explanation for his suspicion about his chimera existence. She was utterly blown away when the family took to the stage and began to play their unique mix of Irish folk and rock music. By the time she left she had a much deeper appreciation of the entire family.

With the results of the chromosome testing in hand, in mid September Jenken decided to present full time as a girl. Anyone who questioned Jenken’s girlish presentation was politely informed of the toddler’s intersexed condition and that SHE had decided that presenting as a girl felt right. Most respected Jenken’s decision. Jenken eased the anger and opened the minds to acceptance of those who were upset by the decision to present as a girl.

Locally The Ravens were making a name for themselves as a family band. With his rapidly growing wealth Jenken self produced several CDs and DVDs of their live performances. They sold dozens every Thursday night and just as many during the rest of the week from a display of THE RAVENS by the cash register. The Ravens were also registered to sell performances via iTunes. Videos of their performances began to appear on Youtube where they quickly became viral hits. Their iTune sales skyrocketed. Their spirited and lively music made people feel good. Of course having the spunky toddler playing and singing as an integral part of the family band drew people’s attention.

Jenken maintained his 50% proficiency in day trading each week. By the eighth week the wunderkind’s portfolio had increased to $2,411,015. At that point he spread his trading to the top 20 worldwide stock exchanges. As the end of October approached Jenken, with his family’s permission and using what he’d learned from lawyers, established a legal corporation, Nekjen Enterprises, to handle his business dealings. Using his tags Jenken selected and approached by e-mail six couples most with children who were chafing under the stifling dogma of established corporations. In correspondence he explained the ideals and goals of the newly created Neknej Enterprises knowing they’d be extremely interested. Once he had their interest, he set up individual skype meetings for face to face discussions. For this, Jenken had JJ sit in as the spokesperson to do the actual talking while he sat off to one side watching. Jenken mentally prompted JJ on what to say while also keeping tabs on the tagged interviewee’s thoughts. All the interviews went well and financial offers twenty thousand above their current salary were made plus a signing bonus, fully paid relocation expenses and homes within walking distance of the headquarters. In this way a core of young, honest and reliable people who would be willing to relocate to Moselem to operate his corporation were tentatively hired.

A bit of history is needed at this point. The Moselem Iron Company was formed in 1823. The village of Moselem was built as a company town and in 1874 the Reading Railroad built a branch called the Berks and Lehigh Line that served the blast furnace as well as other sites along the route to Slatington. By 1885 the company owned the furnace buildings, a grist mill, saw mill, store, hotel, the mansion, and 42 tenant homes but had lost profitability and shut down the furnace. Most of the residents left with the jobs. By the mid 1890s the furnace buildings had been torn down, the hotel had burned down in 1892, the store closed, and the mansion and 8 tenant homes remained occupied. Only the grist and saw mills remained in operation but they closed during the Great Depression.

The hotel that burned down was rebuilt and eventually became The Raven’s Perch. Up slope on Moselem Hill, 320' southwest of The Raven’s Perch was the mansion. At the end of the tenth week of trading Jenken had Neknej pull $2,000,000 out of his portfolio to purchase and restore/remodel the 1825 stone mansion and three adjacent properties. Included was much of Moselem Hill including the place of power on the summit. Several local contractors were hired to do the restoration/remodeling of the newly purchased buildings with the mansion to be the headquarters of Neknej Enterprises.

Jenken arranged for the six people he’d hired and their families a fully paid visit Moselem over the Thanksgiving holiday, putting them up in a local motel including a Thanksgiving day feast in The Raven’s Perch. The new employees arrived at their motel in Kutztown Wednesday night. They ate a continental breakfast at the motel not realizing some of those whom they shared the breakfast would be coworkers. Individually they traveled to Moselem arriving around 1:00pm. They were surprised to see the people they shared breakfast with getting out of their cars in the parking lot. JJ greeted them as they came in to The Raven’s Perch, made formal introductions, and seated them together at a large table by the stage. JJ introduced the rest of his family to the group as they went about preparing for the holiday feast. Then informed them the founder and CEO of Neknej was in the dining room, challenging them to guess who it might be. As they eagerly looked around hoping to see the man JJ added that they should stay at their table after the festivities and that the last person in the room after everyone else left would be their boss. Much discussion passed around the group as they tried to decide who it might be. Regular patrons with their extended families who had made special reservations arrived between 1:30 and 2:00.

The sumptuous meal was served family style. The waiters and waitresses making sure everyone had all they could eat. The Ravens moved from table to table greeting the regulars. Jenken made the rounds and made sure to talk to everyone at the Neknej table. Everyone was impressed by the cute well spoken toddler girl.

As the meal finished but before desert Jenken climbed to the stage. “Now that you’re finished with the main courses, The Raven’s will entertain you while you enjoy your desert.”

With that the rest of the family came to the stage and took their places. The regulars knew what to expect. The newcomers were stunned to realize The Ravens were the family band they’d seen on the viral Youtube videos. Everyone enjoyed the show. For their last song they played Bad to the Bone by George Thorogood. Jenken blew everyone away as he played lead guitar and sang while James played backup sax. When it came time for the sax solo Jenken swapped her guitar for her sax and wailed the solo before going back to the guitar. They found it hard to believe the spunky youngster could really rock out. The diners gave The Ravens a raucous standing ovation.

As the applause died down the entire staff came forward carrying a large birthday cake with three candles. For once Jenken was caught off guard. She’d been so focused on the Neknej aspects of the day she’d forgotten it was her birthday.

“Today is a very special day,” Jane declared. “My darling miracle baby was born three years ago. That she even survived her tragic premature birth was a miracle. Please join in as we sing Happy Birthday!”

Jenken blushed a deep red that almost matched her hair. When the song was over she blew out the candles as everyone cheered. Then they shared small slices of the cake to top off the feast. Rest assured, no one went home hungry!

As those who attended prepared to leave, Jenken manned the register and rang up the flat fee that had been charged. Everyone was happy and in an upbeat mood, all complimenting the staff, the Raven family and wished Jenken a happy third birthday. The staff bussed the tables then headed home leaving only the Neknej table and the Raven family.

The Neknej people whispered excitedly as they realized the founder and boss had to be a member of the talented family. Most selected James, but he was the first to leave the room. Then they thought it had to be JJ but he and Judy exited together. Their attention turned to June but she and Jane left the room. Confused they looked around seeing only Jenken closing out the register.

With a smile and giggle, Jenken slipped off her stool and walked over to the confused people sending out soothing vibes to keep them from freaking out. “If you haven’t figured it out, Neknej Enterprises is mine. Neknej is my first name spelled backwards.” She paused smiling at the clearly surprised group.

“The week of Labor Day I began day trading with a stake of $100,000,” Jenken explained. “I’ve increased my portfolio by 50% every week. Three weeks ago I drew $2,000,000 out of the portfolio to buy and remodel properties for Neknej Enterprises and to hire you. Even with that withdrawal as of yesterday the portfolio stands at $11,619,000. If I keep growing at the same rate, and I don’t see that 50% weekly increase changing, I’ll be the richest person in the world. I’ve personally selected you to assist me.”

“I know you’re having trouble accepting what I’ve said and that you feel I’m making fools of you,” Jenken explained. “Let me tell you my history. When they surprised me with the birthday cake, my mother said it was a miracle I survived my tragic premature birth. That’s putting things mildly.” Jenken went on to explain the circumstances of his birth and the catastrophic injuries he suffered in that very room. They were stunned when he explained his triparte brain and three separate persons in each part sharing his brain as well as his triple chimerahood and intersexuallity. Then he explained some of his psychic abilities. “You haven’t even realized I stopped verbally speaking two minutes ago. I’ve been talking to you psychically.”

The shock on their faces showed they were clearly blown away as they realized she was speaking psychically.

“I’m not bragging when I say I’m probably the most intelligent person in the world,” Jenken added. “My intelligence and abilities are directly related to my split brain. I hope each of you can accept me for the persons I am. If you can’t, please say so now and leave. You can keep the $5000 signing bonus either way. Now that you know the truth I’ll give you a half hour to discuss our future.”

Every one of the six person staff Jenken had selected was gay or had relatives who were gay. Pete Williams, the manager was gay, married to Fred Frank. They had a six year old son, Dave, and a 4 year old daughter, Janet, orphaned siblings they adopted. Peg Harding, the treasurer was married to Harry Harding. Both had gay siblings. They had two children, seven year old Karl and five year old Kyle. Perry Kerry, the web master, lived with his boyfriend Mark Howard. Wendy James, the communications manager, was gay and married to Sara March. They had three children, ten year old Sam, nine year old Fran and seven year old George. Marshal Wagner, the IT Manager, was married to Lynne. Both had gay siblings. They had 3 children, eleven year old Mary, 8 year old Ginger, and 5 year old Kate. Linda Garret, the office manager, was gay and married to Patti Murray. They had two children, seven year old Jazmin and five year old Ariel.

The six employees and their families discussed their options. Jenken had chosen right, they all decided to come on board. The six families returned to their motel for the night.

The next morning they came back. Jenken took them on a tour of the buildings being remodeled. They were impressed with the designs Jenken had come up with for the Neknej complex. The mansion was a large stone structure that had housed the manager of the Moselem Iron Company. The building was two and a half stories high with a full basement, 25' deep and 50' long. Built into the slope of the hill, the first floor main entrance faced Route 662 to the north and featured a column supported portico 6' deep the length of the building. On the west side, the slope dropped away enough to allow a basement level entrance. The rear of the house, the south side, faced the up the slope of Moselem Hill. A porch off the second floor 8’ wide touched the slope which allowed a second floor entrance. A stable that had been converted to a four car garage which was made weather-tight but left unfinished was 30' west of the mansion was . Mansion Avenue, really just a lane, came off the east side of Lake Road to allow access to the Mansion. As part of the remodel, dead end Mansion Avenue was extended across the northeast downslope to link up to Railroad Street just behind The Raven’s Perch. The exteriors were restored to original although the windows and doors were replaced with modern energy efficient fixtures that looked like originals. The interiors were opened, insulated, replumbed, rewired, and a geothermal heat pump based HVAC installed.

The three other main buildings were simultaneously renovated. The largest building was next door to The Raven’s Perch. It was two and a half stories tall, 30' deep and 65' long facing Route 662 with a ground level basement on the front. Railroad Street separated the property from the Raven’s Perch while Lake Road angled back on the other side. This was being remodeled into three condos. The first home down Lake Road on the same side as the first building was a large two and a half story duplex each 35' deep and 20' wide which was also being updated. A carriage house 100' behind the first and 80' east of the second was being remodeled into a single home 30' wide and 45' long.

The new employees and their families were anxious to move to Moselem and begin their new jobs. The remodeling of the homes was completed by mid December allowing the employees and their families to move into their new homes. The mansion headquarters would be completed by the start of the new year. Neknej Enterprises would begin operations on January 2nd. Jenken was about to show herself to the world.