I was happy everyone knew babies for sleeping a lot. Even during the time when I was alive, I would visit my mother's friends who had just given birth, and their babies would sleep from the start of my visit to the end.
Coming back to the registration room, the kangaroo asked me where I had been. I had to explain my situation to him. "I am reincarnating in a baby's body on earth. So, my schedule is quite different. I have to go back anytime I-"
"I understand reincarnation and how one has to blend with the life of whoever's body they are in. Now, what is your aim? Your name and date of death? Also, I need to know if you had any talent when you were alive"
I thought hard about the last statement he had made. Yes, I rode horses well, people called it a talent. But, I do not think it is the type of talent he was talking about. "Can you expatiate on the 'talent part'?"
"I can not expatiate. No time for that-"
[You have all the time in the world though], I thought.
"...what elements did you have affiliation with? For example, were you drawn to water, earth, air, or fire?"
Thinking about this again. It wasn't hard for me to come up with an answer. "Earth"
"Good", the kangaroo closed his eyes and I discovered he was sending the information somewhere else.
"You have read The Training Book, right?"
"Yes, I have", I said without breaking eye contact. I was proud of myself, yes!
"You have been registered. Now, go to the room on the left. You begin there- Step 1, Energy Formation"
"Thank you".
I already knew how one was expected to increase their energy output, in theory though, from the book the Guardian had given me. Work had begun for me.
When I got to the room the kangaroo had pointed me to, I saw a label on the room: 'FOR CULTIVATORS"
[Was I a cultivator yet?], I thought.
I guess so because I had read in the book that cultivators were practitioners of mystic arts who aimed to grow powerful and that was the exact reason I was here.
Floating into the room, a creature that looked like it was human but clearly wasn't, stared at me. "Do not disturb the meditation", it whispered. "What do you want here?"
"I was directed to this room. I just got registered", I whispered back.
"Good. Sit there and follow every instruction you hear from my mouth", he pointed to a spot in the room.
I looked around and saw different beings, of different colours and shapes. All of them had their eyes closed and a light ball glowed from their midsection. [That must be the energy source], I thought.
I folded into a sitting position levitating above the floor.
"Close your eyes and focus on the ticking of the clock"
My gaze flew to the large 'clock' drifting above the ground in a corner. What was a clock even? All I knew was, loud ticking sounds were coming from the thing and it was soothing.
"CLOSE YOUR EYES, NEW SPIRIT"
Of course, it was me he was referring to. Quickly, I shut my eyes.
"Focus... look inward... let the ticking sound guide you. Balance your energies... Empty your mind..."
Meditation was a calming process, and I had tried practicing it on my own before but it was not successful. But here, my mind was beginning to wander from the room, emptying itself. Then I remembered the lady that looked like Marlena.
"Come back to the ticking clock"
He continued to lead me into the meditation process. Mastering this would energize the energy source within every one of us, enabling our spirits into action so we could carry out whatever task assigned to us.
* * *
Meanwhile...
"Su, I hope you do not feel bad"
"Oh, come on Xue. I don't. I am waiting for her to wake up". Su Na had loosened the hairstyle she was carrying. It had been parked high on top of her head with hair extensions. Su had asked her friend to remove them for her since she would be here for some days.
"When I leave, I will go back to the salon"... she had said to the worried Xue.
"Is she still asleep?", Ren walked in and asked Xue who was sitting on the dining chair.
"Yes. I will wake her up soon to eat"
"She is going to grow so fast. We should talk about this with the doctor when we go to the hospital next, okay? Let's not forget", Ren said to his wife.
Su Na's chin was resting on her hand... [Why did that baby react to me that way?], she thought. Su didn't feel good about it at all.
She had heard that babies sensed when people's spirits weren't good. [But I have changed from what I used to be in my previous life], Su thought.