“I will take a warm bath first thing once I reach home.” He was passing by the park, when he saw a child fall in a park and his mother rushing to comfort him. He had watched the scene unfold, a pang of loneliness hitting him, “Let’s just go home…” as he realized he had never experienced such parental care.


    “Kai! Are you hungry?”, Emily came to the garden, while she had her basket with ingredients for dinner. He looked at her and responded with a nod and a small smile. “Alright then!” Emily went to prepare food, and Kai found himself thinking, “I’m not alone anymore. I have a mom now.” He wheeled himself inside the house, towards the kitchen and started helping Emily, who smiled warmly at him.


    “Ah! I almost forgot! The books you wanted are here now. I asked the chief for them and he said he will order them. I will get them later on, so you just go and rest alright?”, Emily told Kai to rest while she cleaned up. He nodded and started heading to his room. As he was about to return to his room, Emily mentioned something, “Oh right! Today I found a strange thing. A glass piece in the forest. It had some strange writing on it as well.” Intrigued, Kai came back and started to write a note, “Can I see it?”. “Oh sure.” Emily pointed him to a basket on the table. He rummaged through it and found a small, perfectly shaped, transparent piece of glass.


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    “Sure, that’s fine.”, Emily replied with a smile on her face. As he started to head towards his room, Emily mumbled to herself, “Maybe I should try to look for more strange stuffs in the forest!” and started humming as she cleaned the dishes.


    “Please…” to his surprise, the surface of the glass glowed and a projection appeared in the air. The writings were not Vestalith, but in another language. He tapped on one of the writings in the air, and the glass transformed into a small earpiece. He took it and put it on his ear. His heart was racing, full of excitement. As he did, a screen displayed in front of him. “Hello, Eva.” he thought, and a voice responded, “Welcome back, Sir.”


    “Now, this is going to be some fun,” he thought to himself, his mind already racing with the possibilities.