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I’d like to point out that it was the incredible Gary Sinese Foundation (United States) that brought the issue of Veteran’s rights to my attention. I’ve always had little respect for those who’d forget the great contribution made by those who’ve risked life and limb to defend those values that so many of us espouse. Perhaps the true measure of one’s principles are by that for which they’d risk their life.
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People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
George Orwell, Richard Grenier
People live in terror of death mostly because rough men stand ready to do violence against them.
Edmund Foller (to Bradley Alexander Stanton)
Of the two, the difference between attacking independence of thought and defending it deems the side you’re on, though in words and in action we are all truly known.
Unknown
From The Butterfly Dragon: The Two Butterflies – Episode 01
From Activation…
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“Honey, my job is… complicated. It just doesn’t run according to our schedules. I’ve gotta be flexible for it, rather than the other way around. Why don’t we just wing it? No plans, you call me when you two have a night. Better yet, call me on the day of that night. An hour’s notice is all I need. Why don’t we try that. I really want to meet him, cause any guy who’s going to take my little girl away from me has to pass my approval, but I trust that you’re old enough to do what you choose to do regardless of my opinion. I’m alright with that too, because my little girl is already a strong minded independent woman, just like her mother was. So how does that sound?” Stanton asked her a bit more quietly, yet firmly.
“I wish mom was here to meet him. I think she really would have liked him,” Jennifer started to weep.
“Then I’ve definitely got to meet him. You keep that chin up, and never forget that this tardy old man here on his way to fix another problem is always rooting for you. Talk to Anthony and you two setup the time and call me last minute. I promise I’ll make it for you sweety,” Stanton paused for his daughter.
“Alright, Dad. Next time. We’ll try again. Love you,” Jennifer told her father.
“I love you too honey,” and with that they both hung up.
“Damn!” Stanton tapped the steering wheel with the heel of his palm.
Stanton made his way through the late afternoon traffic until he arrived at the Kennedy Road South exit.
From there, he traveled south to Ellesmere and the location of Transformer Station 132.
And Now: The Butterfly Dragon: We Who Stand On Guard – Episode 01
Ground Zero
The headlights on Stanton’s all wheel drive pickup truck cut through the dust and floating debris around the GPS location of transformer 132, though he had to check his dashboard instrumentation for to know how far he was from it for certain.
When he was satisfied that he close enough, he fished through his equipment for a field respirator. One with a full face guard, breathing diaphram and its own oxygen source. Once he’d secured it on his face, and tested it, he grabbed his toolkit and opened the door to the vehicle.
“If this wasn’t Cemtech, it had to be one hell of payload. TATP maybe?” Stanton immediately commented upon seeing the entirety of the damage around him.
He started the audio recorder on his mask equipment and began logging his observations verbally.
“From what I’m seeing thus far, its looking like TATP but has some signatures of an RDX based device,” Stanton spoke as he approached the charred remains of transformer 132.
“From the immediate blast indicators, it looks like the fuel and catalyst were spiked. They probably delivered the more stable RDX package, and then compounded its exterior with a Nitrogen Dioxide based compound. Much more unstable, but still safer once they had the detonation package in place. This likely means that the people who planted this were disguised. Possibly with just work coveralls and a hard hat. Enough to fool the local populace. I bet there’s a lot of people going over the details of their memories with a fine toothed comb over who was close to this area recently,” Stanton concluded as he evaluated the blast center within the transformer.
“Looks like the bomber knew what he was doing. He clearly used one of the large scale capacitors as the trigger. The blast center isn’t too far from it and it looks like most of the debris is bent away from this epicenter,” Stanton examined the remains of the tremendous capacitor contained within the wreckage.
“So from what I’m seeing, he used a secondary device to overload the capacitor. A momentary switch that short circuited the negative pole, causing it to overload and explode, hence triggering the RDX package, which in turn detonated the Nitrogen Dioxide based addition,” Stanton took a sample of the blast dust that had coated the torn metal structure of the transformer casing.
Stanton walked back to his pickup truck and opened the door, removing his mask.
He autodialed a number on his dashboard computer.
“This is Stanton, Bradley Alexander, Unit 54109621EF following up on Papa India Alpha Niner Six One. Do you copy?” asked Stanton of the operator.
“I copy. What’s your status 54109621EF?” asked the operator.
“Be advised, there’s no NBC threat present onsite. The Autobird read negative on all readings. The explosive was most likely RDX based with a Nitrogen Dioxide compound outer shell for effect. The capacitor was used as the detonator via remote short circuit. Hell of a punch at short range. The transformer’s screwed,” Stanton reported in.
“Any signs of the device?” asked the operator.
“That’s a negative. There’s definitely dust from the device packed onto the outer shell of the transformer housing, but its all ripped to crap. There might be enough for a sample or two,” Stanton reported as the first fire truck arrived.
“Keep us advised,” the operator responded.
“Fire crews just arrived. I’ve gotta throw on the weenie outfit for a bit. I’ll be in contact before I vacate the sight, over and out,” Stanton hung up the dash phone and reached into the glove box for a pair of thick framed glasses, which he quickly donned as the fire crews approached.
“Sir? You are aware that this area is a hazard to your health?” asked the responding Fire Chief.
“I’m with Hydro One. I’m part of their ERIE team? Early Response Investigative Emergency? You might have heard of us before?” Stanton spoke with focus, yet just enough off kilter that it was slightly unsettling.
“I’m sorry sir but no we haven’t. I am advising you for your own safety to remove your vehicle until we’ve thoroughly evaluated the area for any possible threats to your health or safety,” the Fire Chief asserted to Stanton, who looked back at her through his thick framed glasses.
“Alright, but I’ve got to finish up with this transformer first. You never know when these are just going to go off like a whopping load of thunder! See that capacitor there, it can explode with enough force to send a blade of grass through a half an inch of metal. Did ya know that?” Stanton asked, pouring it on thick.
“No sir, I did not. Thank you for warning me…us. We’ll let you finish up with your evaluation and then let you leave, of course after you’ve told us of the potential risk,” the Fire Chief replied.
“Thank you…?” Stanton began.
“Wendy. I’m Chief Wendy Stipple, thanks for asking,” the Fire Chief responded.
“Nice to meet you Wendy. I’m Bradley Stanton at your service. If you ever have a problem with your electrical service, never feel afraid to call the Hydro One ERIE service! Never!” Stanton smiled at her, giving her the heebie geebies.
She left, returning to the firetruck as more crews arrived in the aftermath of the blast.
“Worked like a charm,” Stanton said, removing the glasses and returning them to the glove box as he dialed another number on his dash phone.
The phone rang for a moment before he heard a familiar voice.
“Hi Dave, Stanton here. How are you back at HQ?” asked Stanton of his engineering coworker.
“Good. We’ve got a pool going on how long Elena’s date lasts tonight. Are you in?” Dave asked Stanton.
“No. I’m not, but I suggest that you ensure that at least half the proceeds of such a pool go to a charity in Elena’s name,” Stanton asserted himself.
“Great idea party pooper! So, why the reason for the call big guy?” asked Dave as he monitored the control panel.
“I’m here at transformer substation 132. There’s a couple of supercapacitors here that have clearly blown. I’m not too familiar with them but I understand they’re a part of your expertise?” asked Stanton.
“That they are as is anything of an electrical engineering nature big guy!” Dave said confidently.
“Oh give me a break,” in the background, Stanton heard Elena responding to Dave’s overenthusiastic reply.
“So how much juice would it take to set one of these babies off?” asked Stanton.
“You mean like, pop it? Explode?” confirmed Dave.
“Exactly. How much juice?” asked Stanton.
“The current is stepped down in stages, so the amperage goes up, but the voltage goes down considerably. So total energy would be in the ballpark of plus one hundred to one hundred-fifty percent voltage over its rating. Anything over that and you’re looking at immediate explosion rather than its regular discharging behaviour,” Dave fogged his nails with his breath, and then shined them on his lab coat.
“How much force are we talking? How many kilopascals?” asked Stanton.
“For a big one? We’re looking at metric tonnes per square centimeter at the epicenter. Enough to give you a real bad day if you’re close enough,” Dave’s head was hit by the same crumpled up paper projectile Elena had earlier crafted.
“Thanks Dave. I should be back at the shop in about an hour. Give Elena my best wishes on her date tonight, will ya?” asked Stanton.
“My money’s on an overnight at his place, but I’ll give her your regards anyhow. Chow for now!” Dave said, hanging up.
“So that verifies how they crafted their device. They remotely short circuited the payload, causing the capacitor to blow, which triggered the RDX and then the Nitrogen Dioxide compound…” Stanton noted aloud.
Stanton then got out of the truck again, and headed over to the twisted hunk of metal that was once the outer housing of the transformer unit. He swabbed a sample of the burnt dust from the blast caked against it, and put it into a sealed plastic bag. He then sealed that in an unmarked envelope, which he pocketed for the CSOR Nuclear, Biological and Chemical team.
Though he played ignorant, he was well aware that he’d been watched carefully the whole time. Not by the firefighter crew, but by someone else. By someone with skill and then some. By a professional not unlike himself.
MindSpice Crime Scene
“This place looks like the surface of the moon for crying out loud,” Halmand commented from the passenger seat of the unmarked car.
“High yield center. Low radius blast,” Tricia responded as she parked the car along the side of the street.
“Are you bomb squad now?” asked Halmand sarcastically.
“I did six months in device forensics. Didn’t like it, but like all things in our tasking, it stuck,” Tricia got out of the car, Halmand following suit.
They walked together as the last ambulance with a medically stabilized victim drove off.
The crime scene was already marked off and several officers were tagging samples all over the property as they advanced towards their person of interest.
“Detective?” Tricia confronted Farnham.
“Glad you could make it to the party. One hell of a fireworks show though you’re a little late,” Farnham responded.
“Thanks for calling us on this. We probably wouldn’t have found out about it until we watched the evening edition,” Tricia looked around at the destruction around her.
“I hope I didn’t take you off more pressing matters, did I?” asked Farnham.
“No. We were just going over the accounting evidence from the bank in the Forseth case when you called. Their books are as watertight as a frog’s ass. You did us a favour by calling us,” Halmand added.
“Well you’re going to love this one. You know MindSpice obviously?” asked Farnham as he began leading them through the debris to a particular spot in the destruction.
“Who doesn’t? They make the operating systems for the majority of smartphones the world over. Their research into Quantum Computing is cutting edge and unparalleled at this time. Their recent entry into the field of AI is kind of startling though,” Tricia affirmed that she had a background in the company.
“So we’re right now in the dead center of the MindSpice special projects area. This is where the software engineers wrote and tweaked the code for their most advanced AI software. They call her MAZ,” Farnham advised his peers.
“MAZ? Was she killed… uhhh deactivated in the blast?” asked Tricia, unsure of how to word it when an AI is eradicated.
“That’s the funny thing about machine intelligence. Its non-local. So as it turns out, MAZ’s brain is located in about fifteen different server locations throughout the world, most of them in offshore server hubs. Barges built by MindSpice that operate in international waters so as to avert the steep legal penalties for such research, not to mention the taxes,” Farnham explained to them.
“So MAZ is still alive?” asked Tricia.
“MAZ right now, has better chances of surviving the next week than her daddy: Gabriel Asnon who is in stable but critical condition at this time,” Farnham told them.
“Detective, I assume there’s a good reason that you’re telling us this?” asked Halmand as he examined the technology amongst the debris.
“That I am. I though you might like to hear something that one of my technical team found. A tech head I recently enlisted onto my team. Let me show you,” Farnham led them over to the wreckage of what appeared to be a speaker and PA system.
On the ground beside it was a car battery someone had jury rigged to the PA system. Farnham clipped one of the leads with an alligator clip to a metal pin sticking out from the wreckage. When he closed the connection, the speakers came to life:
Mentis And The Millions Of Minds… Macill… Mentis And The Millions Of Minds… Macill
NATO JOINT PACIFIC STRATEGIC COMMAND
The Lieutenant ran the length of the deck of the aircraft carrier with the hard disk he’d procured from the pilot of a recent reconnaissance mission to the Marshall Islands.
The Lieutenant was careful to stay inside the yellow line, for he wasn’t authorized for deck operations. In this particular case, he was baggage. Intelligence baggage, but still baggage as far as all the other sailors were concerned on the American built Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier.
He continued to jog along his path, eventually finding his way to a set of metal stairs, which he ran up for three flights, and then struggled walking up breathing heavily for the last flight. From there, he let himself into the Strategic Data Center for the craft.
“Major! The hard drive you requested from the Harrier AV-88C Ethel reconnaissance mission sir!” the Lieutenant handed off the hard disk to the senior officer.
“At ease, Lieutenant. Take a seat. Can one of you techs plug this in to the patch bay, so we can see this recon data?” the Major ordered the other crew in the data center.
One of the crew immediately grabbed the device and carefully plugged it into an array of similar drives. He then hit the power button on that specific channel for that drive.
“Drive bay 43, active!” he echoed to one of the station operators, who immediately brought up the RADAR/LIDAR/RECON cross-section, superimposing against their MILSAT feed.
“Alright son, what are we looking at here?” asked Major Harris of the station operator.
“Sir, this is a high detail scan returned by MILSAT at 0630 from the region of the Marshall Islands. North of Submarine Monitoring Station DELTA FOTROT 37-NINER by about five nautical miles or about eight clicks, sir,” the station operator reported.
“What’s that glitch in the image, sailor?” asked Major Harris.
“Sir, you tell us?” the station operator responded.
“Why are you even showing this to me then? Are you reporting faulty equipment?” asked Major Harris.
“No sir. Because sir, yesterday at the same time, about two hundred and thirty nautical miles or three hundred clicks, we detected this… at 0629…” the station operator reported.
The image on screen looked eerily similar to the other. A large misshaped glitch in the image as if they were looking through a giant magnifying glass at the ocean floor near that spot.
“How would you explain this anomaly son?” asked Major Harris.
“Sir, I’ve never seen anything like this before, but I have a friend in the University Of Washington in the special operations survey program that indicated to me that a recent stealth technology would produce warped images like this one,” the station operator confirmed.
“Son, you realize that sharing strategic data with civilians is grounds for a court martial?” asked Major Harris.
“Yes sir, but my friend hasn’t seen these images. Instead, he’s working with a software simulation that renders the technology employed for that stealth system. Here’s the image of a Montana Class Battleship employing this theoretical stealth technology. It was sent to me by my friend directly from his software,” the station operator showed Major Harris the image.
Although it had the tell tale signs of computer generated imagery, it looked uncannily familiar.
It appeared like someone had taken the screen capture in the presence of a large magnifying glass lens that had warped the image and magnified the sea floor beneath the allegedly concealed Battleship.
“There’s an entire Battleship in that glitch?” confirmed Major Harris.
“Yes sir. They call it ELSA. Electromagnetic Lensing Stealth Aperture technology,” the station operator reported to his command officer.
“Son, you may have just earned yourself a promotion for taking the initiative on this like that. These details are to stay in this room. I’ve got to make a call to Washington and a certain Five Star General there. Dismissed sailor. To everyone in the data center, next port of call, your drinks are on me,” Major Harris left the data center and made his way to communications.
The station operator examined the lensing image from their reconnaissance mission, realizing that they had enough intel to rebuild the scale of the lensing effect, which he immediately began working on. If they had a scale key of the image, they could determine the class of ship concealed within.
To be continued… in The Butterfly Dragon: We Who Stand On Guard – Episode 02
Credits and attribution
Special thanks to Twilight Zone Night Club circa 1985 on 185 Richmond Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. So many important experiences happened there and with so many friends that I’d be a lonely fool not to remember them.
Thank you to the clubs that followed, and to Wes, who ran many of them including Guvernment, Joker, and the Big Bop to name a few.
Thank you to BCR, Phil and Dylan. True artists of a kind, including Skippy.
Thank you to Andrew R, Frank A, Michael S. Joan M, Janice L. Bernard, T.J., J.M., Jun, Nelson, Chris, Angela, Barry and Miguel and so many others. Keep the spirit of art alive. Nelson, remember that first song I played on the piano at the soup restaurant on Lakeshare Blvd at lunch? That’s our Koan. 😉
Special Thanks To Rocket Fuel Lakeshore Blvd West, perhaps the best place in history to get a coffee, circa 2001-2004. Miss you all very much. Its great to see that special place still inspires so many.
Special thanks to Udemy, whose courses I have relied upon for the last few years to allow me to grow my skills at my own pace, even finding time between my frantic work pace here at Shhhh! Digital Media.
Special thanks to Perplexity AI and their Comet browser, who have recently become a part of my software toolkit. Their AI powered helpers accelerate your research, reference at every step of the way, not to mention built in tools for content generation, though Shhhh! Digital Media does not rely on text generation for any of its stories, though I do work with AI for suggestions, and scientific accuracy of concepts in Butterfly Dragon, and for delving into the more esoteric traditions of mysticism that are aligned with the story and background of Era of the Spellbound.
Artwork: Amy Wong, Wendy Pusey, Ghastly, Birdman, Brian Joseph Johns, Daz3D, Unreal Engine…
Tools: Daz3D, Corel Painter, Adobe Photoshop, Lightwave 3D, Blender, InstantID, Sadtalker, Google Colaboratory, Microsoft Copilot (Windows 11), Hitfilm, PhotoPea (a great web based Photoshop stand-in if you’re on a low budget or in a pinch), Borderline Obsession…
Shhhh! Digital Media 2026 Tools: Word Press, Gutenberg, Blockspare, Sliderberg, Rank Math SEO, Elespare, JS Archive List, Google Site Kit, Ultimate Blocks and WProofReader.
SEO is an entire mountain unto itself. My advice is to content creators is to set aside a budget for professional SEO setup and management. It’ll give you much more time to focus on creating meaningful content. If you’re budget limited, then stick to the easy optimizations and build up your audience until your budget includes room for professional SEO.
Mage Flow AI model which I’m using increasingly for editing and occasionally, generation from text.
DeepSeek AI for suggestions on exercises to improve aspects of describing scene and settings with a more sensory focused grammar.
InstantID by: Wang, Qixun and Bai, Xu and Wang, Haofan and Qin, Zekui and Chen, Anthony.
Research Paper Title: InstantID – Zero-shot Identity-Preserving Generation in Seconds.
Sadtalker by: Zhang, Wenxuan and Cun, Xiaodong and Wang, Xuan and Zhang, Yong and Shen, Xi and Guo, Yu and Shan, Ying and Wang, Fei.
Research Paper Title: SadTalker: Learning Realistic 3D Motion Coefficients for Stylized Audio-Driven Single Image Talking Face Animation.
Two Minute Papers: A YouTube channel dedicated to computer science geared towards the end of the advancement of computer graphics technology.
Gratitude: Our Mentors, Senseis, Sifus, Sebomnims, lifetime inspirations, family, friends, the Nomads (ask Stanton about that one), the Music, the Movies, the Theatre, the Arts, ASMR, (both YouTube and Bilibili and the many other creators on those platforms), the Gaming and Developer communities and of course, the audience.
Martial Arts (in the words of real experts and at least one comedian)
- https://brucelee.com (home of the real Dragon and an entire family of inspirations)
- http://iwco.online International Wing Chun Organization (International presence of a very scalable intensity martial art, protected and developed by Shaolin Nun Ng Mui) and the alma mater of Jinn Hua’s own specialized variation thereof,
- https://iogkf.com International Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karatedo Federation (even Hanshi had his teachers),
- https://itftkd.sport International Taekwondo Federation (Here there be Tigers),
- https://tangsoodoworld.com Tang Soo Do World (the path of Grandmaster Chuck Norris),
- https://www.aikido-international.org International Aikido Federation (how else would Navy Chef Steven Seagal liberate a
Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier from a team of hijackers?), - https://www.stqitoronto.com Shaolin Temple Quanfa Institute (The City Of Toronto’s own Shaolin Temple),
- https://www.enterthedojoshow.com Master Ken’s Ameri-Te-Do presence (If we can’t laugh at ourselves, then we can at least laugh the loudest at others, and other Zen)
Thank you to the Divine Miss M and to Ms. Hirose of our Own for the inspiration for the character Aikiko Tanaka. May they always embody the empowerment of women and their self determination, despite the direction that some of the stories on Shhhh! Digital Media might take.
Magic (performance, illusion and perhaps the real thing)
- Magic Week Archive Videos from the history of the performance magic masters.
- Doctor Angela’s Symposium Learn about the truth and history of magic from a scholarly Phd. A great informed resource of both knowledge and speculation.
- Da’at Darling A student of the esoteric mysteries ✶ Thelemite & Pagan YouTuber • Podcaster • Author of Planetary Theurgy (2026) Creative Director of Katharsios Press. She’s a real busy Wytch.
- Real Witchcraft in Romania An insightful video whose central subjects are all witches in the country which originated the Dracula and Undead mythos that still pervades modern society to this day.
Special thanks
- Aitrepreneur
- Mickmumpitz
- PixelArtistry
- Hugging Face
- YouTube educational content producers
- AI content production pipeline
- AlphaSignal
Martial Arts Education, Courseware And Artisanship
- Jade Xu
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the lady who will choreograph and perform all of the Butterfly Dragon’s martial arts performance sequences if ever there is a live action version. Regardless, Jade Xu is an inspiring Wushu martial arts performer, along with her cast of co-stars, they really bring performance encounters into next level experiences for all to enjoy. - Aikido Shinburenseijuku
Experience the spirited tradition and execution of waza (technique) through the expertise and guidance of Shirakawa Ryuji, each of his videos exploring intriguing and applicable aspects of this circular and angular focused martial art, but most of all, step away from the claustrophobic perspective of many martial artists with regard to this branch of jujitsu, and learn to understand the true dynamics and application at play here from a renowned master. - Martial Club
These fellows are the living embodiment of performance martial arts, producing absolutely vivid and incredible action stories, taking martial arts to the next level. They’re literally doing what I’d always hoped I could do with Butterfly Dragon, but with their own well written and performed live action stories and stunts, after gruelling rehearsals and training to achieve their ambitions. In their own humble words: promoting the virtues and ethics of traditional martial arts in the modern world. - Shi Heng Yi Shaolin Training For Self Mastery
A reknowned Sifu under whose tutelage you can study the theory and practical applications of the Shaolin Arts for health, physical and mental wellbeing in every day life. His online and self-study courses offer students the chance to train in the comfort of their own choosing, and at their own pace under Shi Heng Yi’s informed guidance. - Jesse Enkamp: Karate Nerd
Jesse, a reknowned Sensei who runs his own dojo, explores the world of Martial Arts, traveling around the world to many exotic locations to meet practitioners of a variety of different arts. Truly an adventurer into the world of martial arts, delving into new territory with every video.
Jesse’s Kobudo Mastery at kobudomastery.com
Jesse’s Karate Flexibility & Mobility Training
Jesse’s Strength Training for Karate - Rokas Sensei: Martial Arts Journey
A reknowned Sensei of Aikido who in seeking to understand the roots of Aikido and its applications, seeks to stress test its effectiveness in a number of real world situations while studying its history.
Rokas Sensei has also developed an incredible seasonal series called the Ultimate Self Defence Challenge that introduces select martial artists from the world over to face challenges that test their rank and mettle against other competitors. An absolutely amazing series with top notch production. - Seamus O’Dowd
An extensive and growing archive Katas, Techniques and Waza (mostly Shotokan), focusing on form, precision and technique. - Iaido: Train For Katana Mastery Like Samurai
The original weapons focused curriculum under which Samurai became masters of their art. - Tapp Brothers Exercise For Better Motion
Extensive courses for calisthenics and body strength, stamina and flexibility. They offer course that are geared directly for the improvement of flexibility, athletics and overall performance.
Special thanks to Captain Shayne and his wonderful butterfly sister!
Special thanks to Bandcamp for giving indie music artists a home under one roof.
Written and published by Brian Joseph Johns, Shhhh! Digital Media.
Copyright © 2026 Brian Joseph Johns.
