Chapter 3 - We are family..

"Are you better?" I asked, as my son pulled away from my embrace. To which he replied with a: "Yes". With nothing more to add.

"These episodes have been happening more often since you started this 'Project'..." I commented, hoping he would explain why.

I was his mother, and it didn't matter if he was now the mental age of a man in his late thirties, I still want to help with his problems.

*sigh* "To start what you and your father call 'Project', I had to organize my mind palace. That's why nightmares are more frequent." He spoke as he looked at the stores to our right.

"Are you saying you had to assimilate all of his memories?" I asked, understanding what he was getting at. I learned a little about the palace of the mind from the notes the professor kept hidden.

"Yes" My son replied; "It's like I'm him, and he's me now."

"So... I suffer from the same traumas he did."

"But what caused the nightmares most was his death… Our death. A mistake we made at that moment and it was all over."

"It was fast for strangers, probably... But in our minds... It was bizarrely slow." He finished with a sigh.

'It's good that he's willing to talk...' I thought. After all, I can't imagine what he went through.

I can understand the fact that he is suffering from this, but I cannot understand his suffering.

After all, I've never been through a death situation.

I didn't even go through a near-death situation.

Nor do I know anyone who has experienced death. Maybe Logan. But aside from the fact that he doesn't know who my husband and I are anymore, I don't know if someone 'immortal' can help someone who has died.

I would like to say more than simply; "I get it.."

"I don't know how you're feeling, nor can I imagine anything like this. As your father and I said, we weren't fighters. So I didn't even experience anything like a 'near-death'... But... Know that your father and I are here for you, we are your family. And you can always count on us." I said as I pulled into the market parking lot.

He just nodded and made an acknowledgment sound; "Hmm..."

…..

After I parked the car and we got out of it, I asked with a probably curious expression:

"So... How's it going with this 'Project'?" I emphasized the "Project" part, running the quotes by hand.

"It's all going well... Still at the beginning, but still going well..." He replied in a perfunctory way.

My husband and I hadn't used the "Net" he created with his powers.

We had no apparent reason, we were just more focused on our scientific research. That's why we didn't feel like wasting time with the so-called "social networks".

Especially after Levi told us how addictive they were to people.

…

Coming out of my thoughts, I asked as we walked. With him right behind me, looking like a bodyguard; "What about 'SHIELD'?"

"They found out.. About 3 days ago.." He replied

"Aren't they supposed to be the biggest spy organization on the planet?" I asked, this time using a language Levi created with the help of his skill. As we are now entering the market, I didn't want other people to understand what we were talking about.

It was still bizarre how he managed to create a new language in 2 days. More bizarre was that he managed to help us learn the language in less than 1 hour

'Think of an unfair skill'...

"Well... 48 days was as long as I could keep them in the dark."

"But it was enough."

"Enough that at least 90% of network users already have some degree of addiction" commented

"So... will Phase 2 be implemented yet?" I asked him as I pushed the shopping cart; "Bring this for me..." I ordered as I pointed to the first package to decorate our cart.

As he used his new height of 6.2 feet, or 1.9 meters if translated to my Brazilian culture, to take what I asked for, he answered my question.

"Maybe in about 4 days... Programming laws of physics into a mental space is a lot harder than I thought. Mainly taking into account the fact that our civilization is not fully aware of our universe."

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"Hm.. Your father and I are excited about the possibilities of running our experiments in a time dilation environment, without worrying about the monetary expense..." I commented, reaching the fruit section.

"This is good for those who like it. But I'm more excited about how much mental energy I'm going to accumulate with this." "It's a shame I have a limit on how much I can absorb in a day.."

"I don't know why you're complaining, just wait 24 hours to absorb more. What is a day in the grand scheme of things? Especially now that our life expectancy increases by at least 5 years with each daily evolution session" I once again said the same thing, it's the second time this week he comes up with this subject.

"My problem is not our vitality, it's our strength. I can't be everywhere to protect you and my father. Not even the man who inspired my evolutionary path could, and he was much stronger than I am at the moment..."

"There are many threats in this universe that can end our lives with a thought" He commented, this time answering my question.

We'd talked about it a few times before, but as much as I had hunches, he never talked about why he was in a hurry or his insecurities.

'Did what I said earlier work at all?' I asked myself in my mind.

"Don't worry, we probably still have time before someone like that appears in front of us"

"And even if I'm not the combatant type, I can still make a lot of work for anyone who wants to attack me. And your dad, well... it's very difficult for him to die from a surprise attack or something."

"Hm, this apple is very pretty" I commented in Portuguese, as I took an apple from the window.

Levi nodded in acknowledgment; "I know, but I still worry..."

His answer also came in Portuguese..

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