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Legend:

G = George, M=Matteo

() = The thoughts of the author

[] = When they are having a dialogue

[G]: "Yes, dreams. When I dream, I happen to go to a different place other than Earth and so far, I met a kid what is trapped and is not able wake up from that place."

[M]: "So that might explain it. When I checked the meteorite, there was something interesting about it. It's not like I understood it, but it might be related."

[G]: "Have you been to the meteorite? What did you find?"

[M]: "I'm not good at explaining, so I'd recommend you go and watch for yourself! Anyway, I should be going. You indeed were telling the truth. Your wounds seem to be already healed."

[G]: "So soon already? Alright, thank you again for saving me!"

[M]: "No problem, it was my pleasure!"

And just like that Matteo left. It felt a little bit strange. it was like he was rushing somewhere, but he seemed like a great guy.

[???]: "George, are you alright?"

[G]: "Hm?"

[R]: "I said, are you alright?"

[G]: "Oh, Rowena! Yes, I am!"

[R]: "Where is the guy what followed you?"

[G]: "Which one?"

[R]: "There was only one… The one what attacked you? We followed his steps and here we are."

[G]: "I was saved by someone, he was a great guy, but then he left as he was rushing somewhere."

[R]: "I see you have blood on your clothes."

[G]: "It's from that weird guy what attacked and seemed he was after me."

[R]: "Ah, don't say anymore! You are 100% going back to the infirmary, no comment!

On the way back to that place, they discussed about what happened, Rowena told about a failed experiment, and that caused some explosions, and George talked about the guy what attacked him in the moment. Rowena was reluctant to talk about the video she watched, as she wanted to understand that principle better and the only logical thing was that somehow that guy made that experiment fail just by being there.

[J]: "And done, you seem much better right now!"

Even if George was healing, Jennifer still patched him up, with the supervision of Rowena, as she knew that George would refuse the treatment thanks to his fast healing.

[G]: "Thank you…?"

[J]: "Jennifer!"

[G]: "Thank you Jennifer!"

[R]: "George, I came to think about this event, and I believe you should stop training in that place, that abandoned house if what you said is real, that guy must be having a way to sense you… And instead, you should train here!... Ok, not here, you can see why, but you get the point. We could check and see how we can help you improve further, and you can be safer with us here!"

[G]: "For now I'll follow your advice!"

After that they prepared some information and Rowena talked with her higher ups, on which they agreed on regarding her suggestion and they returned George back home, with a few bodyguards to watch over him for the night.

When he returned home, we showered and felt asleep the moment he got into the bed.

[G]: "Ah, good to be back! I should now search for Alex about what happened. I think I should start with searching for the usual spot, the big, tall tree."

One step at the time George was climbing the tree. From the first time he tried to climb, he had enough courage to do so thanks to making it easier for George to climb, with a robe they made with grass and with some stairs they carved. While climbing he noticed that some things what happened earlier that day were similar to the plant he was attacked by.

{G}: 'Hmm? That's weird! Anyway, it's probably just a similarity!'

[G]: "Alex! Alex! Are you here?... He's not here…! He might be near the village!"

Alex was watching the village from a steep hill.

[G]: "There you are! I've been searching for you, and this is where I find you!"

[A]: "I wanted to watch the view from above! It's beautiful! If I think about what'd down there, I don't even want to think! Poor kids!"

[G]: "I feel the pain they might be having! Anyway, I had an encounter with someone what might be related to that, it's just a hunch, but it's better than nothing!"

[A]: "Encanter? What's that?"

[G]: "It's encounter, not encanter! It's when you meet someone unexpected, or when something happens."

[A]: "Then when do you know the difference?"

[G]: "When you speak to someone else, they will understand from what you are about to tell, or shortly, the context of the sentence. Anyway, where was I? Oh… yes, the encounter. I was in a base or something, relaxing after a monster what you can find here attacked me and overwhelmed me… and then suddenly a man shows up and start to shoot me with a beam of some sort… I manage to escape, and I arrived in a forest, with a wonderful view, even more than the one from here… and then I was saved by a guy with dirt abilities."

[A]: "Wow! And what happened to your wounds?"

[G]: "I was healing on my own, but I was bandaged by a gorgeous lady! Haha! And the weirdest part, about the part what's sounds related to this place, is that there was a guy what called himself the great, great lost king. Doesn't that sound similar?"

[A]: "Yes, when we meet with those villagers and ask them something, they stop and repeat that word endlessly.

[G]: "Yes. Ignoring them is the best choice until we know everything about them. Enough about me and my story, what were you up to do in my absence? Did you stay out of dangers like I told you?"

[A]: "Yes, but it's boring! I sleep, I eat, and try to make the best of my time and explore the woods… and yes, I stay out of dangers when I see them! I discovered I can jump very high!"

{G}: 'I still feel bad for him. He's 8 and he has nothing to do, and he's stuck here. The kids his age go to school, play, but he… he's bound to bed.'

[G]: "That's neat! How high can you jump?"

Alex proceeded to jump, and he jumped higher than George, and George wasn't even a shorty guy.

[G]: "What?"

[A]: "Hahaha!"

Then, they started to play tag. It seemed fun to Alex that he was unreachable by George, even with his high. They played for some time until George was starting to be sleepy, showing signs that he will return in a few minutes.

[G]: "I'd love to keep on playing, but I have to sleep to return! Bye, Alex!"

[A]: "Bye, George!"

George went to sleep on a hidden cozy place they usually do that and went to sleep.