11 The Understanding - Part 1

[Year 950, day 220, Elfen territory, Forest near the Mercy border village, 8 pm.]

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Making small jumps to the ceiling, Kalui asked:

'Roldi! What is up? They were passing by and wanted to meet us. They are my age!'

'Oh my, he is a giant!' - thought Kahyu

'What's happening? There is no wind here! How are they doing this? They seem to float! Is Kalui doing this? Is it a very rare specific attribute of the air? I have heard of people who condense air to the point of almost stepping on it, but this is even more surreal!'

"Kalui, is everything really okay? How and who is doing this?"

"I think it's me!"

"You? How?"

The child balanced himself to stay on the ground and answered him excitedly:

"After a long time of playing, I finally got the clapping game right and beat them both! Right after I won the match, our clothes started moving in a strange way, and when Kahyu jumped up to get up, she stood in the air. And we have been playing jump for half an hour now! It is cool, come too!"

"Why do you think you are the one doing this?"

Jumping from one wall to the other, he said:

"I just feel... Something familiar about everything. Then this same familiarity started leaking out of me. When I noticed this thing leaking out, I was able to focus on it and we became even lighter hahaha! Before we had to push to reach the ceiling like this, now we just have to give it a little push!"

'Wait a second... Half an hour? He has been unleashing his power for half an hour? Moreover, is it strong enough to keep three people in the air like this? Besides controlling the air to cushion the impact of the three constantly.... It is not possible. Not even the best of air manipulators could do anything close to that!'

Roldi continued to stand in the doorway, staring into nothingness, completely silent.

"Kalui, I think your father is not well, don't you think we should go talk to him?" - Kahyu asked thoughtfully, with his hand on her chin and his legs crossed, as she slowly dropped from the ceiling to the floor.

"True Kalui, the big guy is shocked."

Kalui and Whiger, also returned to the floor slowly.

The short black-haired boy looked around and soon after, everything was back to normal.

"Yes! I made it stop! Nice, right Roldi?" - He enthusiastically celebrated.

Bewildered, he finally seemed to come to his senses. He stopped staring into nothingness and slowly turned his gaze back to Kalui. The gray-haired man came out of the door, crouched down in front of the child, holding his shoulders; he put his face close to the child and said anxiously:

"Kalui, what do you feel? What do you think you can do? Can you tell me?"

The frightened boy answered him:

"I don't really know what I feel, but if I try to explain it to you, it's like everything is a little part of me. It is strange ... I do not say separately, but the whole, you know?"

Everyone seemed confused by the explanation, including Kalui.

"I think I feel that way with the ground. I do not know how to explain it, but it is kind of like that." - Kahyu stated.

Roldi let go of the boy's shoulders and stood up.

"Kid, can you do that thing you did in the house again? It was pretty amazing!" - He said smiling.

Euphoric, the child answered him:

"Of course! I can try!"

Kalui closed his eyes and relaxed his body. Gradually, everyone felt lighter, and within a few seconds, Kahyu and Whiger began to do slow somersaults in the air as they fell to the ground.

"I think I've got it! How are you feeling, Roldi?"

'Incredible... Simply amazing! Unbelievable! This is not the air trying to lift me up. Now I am sure that there is something different about Kalui! There is no reason to scare the boy. I do not want to get nervous again and traumatize him. This one seems to have a very fun power, so let's have some fun, shall we, Kid?'

Roldi propelled himself slightly on tiptoe and slowly touched the ceiling with his fingertips. His large gray wavy hair resembles a lion's mane, thanks to the power of Kalui.

Roldi looked deep into Kalui's euphoric eyes and said:

"I want to see some of you do the same."

He then, after returning to the ground, propelled himself to the wall, planted his feet on it and began to run around the inside of the house, without stopping, with the ease of a spider.

"Wow, great sir ... we've been here for a long time and we didn't think about it! You are very creative!" - Said Kahyu smiling as he sat down on the floor next to Kalui.

Laughing, he answered him:

"This was already a training for me one day! It was the first thing I thought of!"

"I'll try it my way!" - Shouted Whiger right after taking off his shirt and keeping only the clothes underneath.

Whiger sits cross-legged, head down, almost on the ground. Soon, large white hairs appeared all over his body, his nails fell out, and claws took over; bones and muscles move and change beneath the skin. In a few seconds, Whiger transforms into a white tiger, with large canine teeth protruding from its mouth. After transforming, he jumped up the wall trying to run, but on his second step, he pushed harder than he should have and flew with his back to the other wall.

"Hey, kid! You have to be careful with every footstep! A little push back and you fly!" - Said Roldi, laughing as he ran.

Seeing all the joy, Kalui decided to try to make everything even lighter by closing his eyes tightly. After a few minutes, Roldi asked:

"Kalui, what are you doing? It's been sitting like this for a while... Is it hard to maintain?"

After hearing the question, Kalui breathed out and relaxed his eyes and his whole body. A moment later, everything became even lighter. Whiger, who was beginning to understand how to run on the wall, and Roldi, who was running calmly, flew up and hit each other backwards; and instead of falling slowly, they floated.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey! I am not falling! How amazing!" - Whiger exclaimed.

"Fantastic Kalui!" - Said the girl, as she took her brother's foot and twirled it in the air.

'Um... What would it be like if I threw up?' - thought Whiger.

"Kid, you are amazing!"

Sweat began to drip from the boy and he suddenly opened his eyes; at the same time, Roldi fell on his belly to the ground and Whiger fell on all fours, stepping on his tail with his front paw. Upon hearing their impact on the ground, Kalui quickly looked back startled.

"Are you all right? Sorry, it was too heavy!"

Still on the floor, laughing, Roldi answered him:

"Rest assured Kalui, we are fine."

"Speak for yourself. My tail hurt!" - Said Whiger as he returned to his human form.

Whiger's undergarments have retracted as he decreases in size. Just like Enion's before.

"Anyway, guys, I am tired. I will just keep sitting here and then go home."

Whiger stood up and put on his tunic. Kalui stood up quickly without the help of his hands.

'I feel tired, but I can move normally... How strange.'

"Children, would you like something to eat? I bought meats and various other things."

The big man led the three children to his wagon, took two chairs he had bought and put them next to each other, saying:

"You may take your seats, friends of Kalui. Visitors first.

"And where will I sit?" - Kalui asked indignantly.

"Learn to be courteous. Your friends are your guests so they have priority. You can sit down, children."

A little embarrassed, the children sit down politely. Roldi took dry wood from his wagon; that had been covered by a brown cloth, and starts to make a fire in front of the chairs. He sat down in front of the two children and said, looking at Kalui:

"Come on, sit down on the floor."

Angry Kalui, obeys.

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