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Chapter 5 - Magic

After days of acting like a baby, brian was finding it difficult to keep responding to other people by flailing his arms and cooing. The only one who he always responded to whole heartedly was his mother. The other's like his father, brother and the maid very beginning to realise that brian had a severe case of being a momma's boy. One morning while brian's mother was busy with some work, he was in the care of the maid. By now brian had also figured out her name. It was Mary. She was also blonde like his mother but she had blue eyes. She was a bit shorter and bustier than his mother. Brain's favourite pastime currently was to rub his face on her breasts. So this morning while she was playing with brian, he seemed a lot less enthusiastic to her. So she tried to think of something to cheer him up. She always loved to see brian smile. While brian was yawning he heard her speak a language he hadn't heard before. Mary's voice sounded ethereal and she was moving her free hand to make various signs. Suddenly brian saw that various orbs of light were starting to appear around them. They were of various colors and were floating around them. Mary was extremely happy to see Brian's entranced expression. She many times got the feeling like Brian was much more smarter than the kids that little were supposed to be. She was sure that Brian was a genius.

Meanwhile Brian's mind was going through a whirlwind of emotions. He stretched his arm out almost in a trance to touch a white orb which was the closest to him. When his fingers touched that orb he suddenly felt something. It was difficult to explain. He was sure that it wasn't the sense of touch he was experiencing. It was like something was resonating inside him while he was touching that orb. When he pulled his fingers back the feeling vanished. He was sure now that it was something related to the magic orb. Then he looked at Mary's face and snapped out of his reverie and realized he wasn't acting like a baby. He then gave a big smile to Mary and started to poke the orb repeatedly. He was back to acting like a kid again. The rest of the day whenever brian was awake. He spent his time thinking about magic. Ofcourse he made sure that he didn't seem to be distracted to others. Finally when it was night time and his parents were asleep that brian seriously started to think about what happened that morning. He tried to remember the feeling he felt when he touched that orb. He remembered that before manifesting those orbs mary had spoken some sort of chant along with some signs. He was now pretty sure that he wanted to learn magic. It was the ultimate fantasy and he wanted to get a head start on it as soon as possible. He made the basic plan of how proceed from here on. First thing he had to do was to learn the language as soon as possible. It wouldn't be possible to learn anything without being able to communicate. Secondly he had to also be wary of showing too much potential as a kid. He had to make sure to strike a proper balance to showcase his learning ability. It was okay to be a genius but not a monster.

So from that day onwards brian always spent as much time as possible to understand the language. It was still too early for him to speak but he tried nevertheless. Mary would also once in a while show him those orbs again and brian would touch the orb to try to remember those senses. When he was alone at night he would try his best to try and feel it. Try to remember what it exactly was. Then after a month had passed when at night brian suddenly felt that same feeling again. It was much more lighter but it was present. It was present all around him and not just on his fingertips. When brian had touched that white orb he had felt a warmer feeling but now he was feeling many different things. It was warm, cold, hot, light, heavy etc. Brian tried to concentrate on the one which he was feeling the most. It was a light breezy feeling which was difficult to explain. He tried to concentrate and the feeling began to grow when suddenly brian began to feel the actual breeze and opened his eyes. The breeze disappeared as well with that. Brian was elated with this accomplishment. It was first time in his life that he had worked on something with this level of devotion. And getting results for that made him feel euphoric. But as brian slowly calmed he started to feel super tired and sleepy. He felt similar to those times when he had pulled all nighters to study before the exams. And so slowly brian drifted off to sleep with a sense of accomplishment.