Chapter 1052: Shocking the Worldly People (Twenty-Nine)_1

Then Eddie saw Schiller put his four fingers in four little umbrellas and began playing with the origami toy.

Seeing the shape of the origami toy, Eddie paused for a moment, and then had a realization, that he said to Venom:

"Do you remember when I asked you why the psychologist hired by the S.H.I.E.L.D. always carries an umbrella even when it's not raining?"

"Isn't it because the smoke alarm of S.H.I.E.L.D. often malfunctions?" Venom recalled and said.

Eddie touched his chin and said: "That might be part of the reason…"

"But before, in the special children education institutions, their teachers told me that, when facing autistic children who do not respond well to sensory training, they often adopt a special method, which is giving them a familiar object."

"I don't fully understand the theory, but it seems to say, let the autistic children build a sense of security on a certain object, as long as he gets this object, he can feel the relaxation of his mind, reducing the probability of his loss of control."

"And a series of experiments prove that when these children hold a familiar object, their communication efficiency with the teacher, and emotional expression efficiency, are both improved."

"And as long as they receive training and therapy while holding a familiar object, the effect will be multiplied. When they gradually get out of their isolated world, they can gradually get rid of the reliance on the object and return to normal life."

As a good reporter, Eddie's memory was actually very strong, he frowned and recounted the words said by the teacher:

"...What's amazing is that these children who seem to not know or realize, just like they are not in our world, often make efforts to knock on the door of our world, as if asking for our help."

"There are many children, who find their own familiar objects, just like opening a door for us to reach them."

"They reach out to us voluntarily, and what we need to do is to hold their hands, and lead them to a brand new, wonderful world."

Even Venom became silent, as if it was his empathetic part inherited from other hosts was at work, he said:

"Maybe that's really the case? Maybe they really have a world we do not know, in that world, they are normal, living their own lives..."

"And one day, they encounter a door, so they curiously knock the door, and then meet us..."

Eddie looked at the origami toy in Shiller's hand, he said:

"The umbrella is Shiller's familiar object. No, maybe this thing is, the umbrella just looks a bit like it."

Eddie came closer and observed the origami toy said: "I have never seen this kind of origami technique. When I was a child, my dad would teach me how to fold rabbits or frogs, but most of the time we folded paper planes, we would compare who could throw it further."

Eddie looked at Shiller's quite regular movements and said: "The movability of this origami toy is obviously much better than frog or rabbit, and its playing method is also very peculiar, it looks very regular."

"I remember, the teachers of special schools told me, repetitive and regular movements are more favored by autistic children."

"The most common exercise led by the teachers for these children is step squats, which means taking a step, and squatting down, then taking another step, and squatting again..."

"Some children not only persevere in walking around the playground once, but they can keep the pace and range of every step and squat totally the same. They are amazingly talented..."

Eddie looked up at Shiller again, and said: "...he is the same."

"So what shall we do now? Just watch him play? ...hey, I say, why don't you also find a piece of paper, I think this thing is quite interesting." Venom said in Eddie's mind.

"Stop messing around, now we have to think about how to help Doctor Schiller, I've heard he's a very good doctor..."

Schiller stood in place, continuously opening and closing the origami toy with his hands. Although he stood still, one could observe that the tremble in his arms had lessened and his breathing rate had recovered a little bit.

As a reporter, Eddie was also observant and sensitive enough to detect the emotional changes of the interviewee, and then adopt different strategies to get the answers he wanted.

Seeing that Shiller's condition has improved, Eddie did not touch his toy, he reached out and gently took hold of Shiller's clothing to guide him forward, all the while saying: "Yeah, come on, Schiller, come on...let's go this way..."

Shiller's attention was focused on his origami toy as he followed Eddie's guidance to the couch and sat down.

After that, Shiller played with the origami toy for three hours. Behind him, at different moments, one could see Eddie walking by carrying a laundry basket, or Venom pushing a mop, one moment Venom dragged Eddie by the collar with his symbiote, the next, Eddie was moving the other way with a heap of Venom…

When the night fell and the room grew silent, Shiller's movements slowed down. He began to frequently touch his eyes and take deep breaths.

Eddie, having finished the household chores, sat down across Shiller and then asked: "Are you hungry? I ordered some takeaway..."