The next morning
Edward:
"Edward gradually opened his eyes, waking up he tried to get up, without success, he showed signs that he has not yet got used to being in his condition."
Nggh.
(I still have so much pain, it seems like the pain hasn't gone away.)
"Lying on the bed, Edward looks more attentively at the ceiling."
(Looks like I've finally been saved, I'll be able to breathe for a little while now that I know all my problems will be behind me if I manage to heal progressively.)
Rebecca:
"Rebecca smiles."
(It looks like he woke up.)
"Rebecca quickly appeared, coming from behind the half-open bedroom door."
"Walking towards him, she asks him."
Hey, are you feeling okay?
Edward:
(Eh ?)
Rebecca:
"Rebecca approaches until she reaches Edward's head where she puts her hand on it to see if he has a fever."
Phew looks like you don't have a fever, at least you can feel good while you heal.
Edward:
"Edward blushes without knowing it."
(Not only have I never seen real women but I've never talked to a woman, how am I supposed to talk in this situation when I'm so embarrassed?)
Rebecca:
"Rebecca looks more closely at his face."
Are you ok ?
I have the impression that you have difficulty to speaking, don't tell me that you are someone who is mute.
Edward:
(Too close!
She wants to increase my stress by doing this, please stop I need some time to calm down.)
Rebecca:
"Rebecca moves away from the bed, smiling."
It looks like you're still in shock, I'm going to get you something to eat and drink so you can regain your strength quickly, okay?
"Turning around, she goes to get some food and water probably left on the ground floor of the inn."
Edward:
"As soon as Rebecca finally left, Edward stopped blushing from shyness in her absence."
Phew she's gone.
(She couldn't let me breathe for even two minutes, it's still terrible to shock me so much at once.
I'm not saying that to criticize her, my situation is just unique in itself, seeing a woman for the first time is something that I never anticipated in the first place, so I react like that.
Well, in the end I hit the jackpot, not only will I be able to recover but in theory I would have no problem eating and drinking as much as I need.
Perfect, I don't ask for more since now my goal is set.)
"Edward shows a big smile on his face."
(I'm free !
I can finally have other perspectives in my life than rotting in this damn village, I can finally hope for something other than staying there wondering every day what the meaning of my life is.)
"Having this thought, he realized something, his joyful expression transformed into a face filled with uncertainty about the future very quickly."
(I wonder what I could do from now on, to tell the truth I never thought for a single second about all the possibilities available to me and those that this world could offer me.
Strangely when I think about it absolutely nothing comes to mind except one thing, finding how to survive and be able to live peacefully.
I think I shouldn't bother with this kind of questioning for the moment, I should just focus on the present moment and react based on what is best for me or not.
After all, the danger is still not over until I have stabilized my current situation but for the moment we cannot say that I am so badly off.
This promises, in any case, the perspectives that await me with open arms in this new game board where the pawn becomes completely free.)
Rebecca:
"Hearing the sound of the stairs announcing his arrival, Edward saw Rebecca returning to him with food and water."
"She moved closer to Edward, placing the food and the water bottle she brought on his bedside table before leaning on the edge of the bed."
I'll feed you okay?
"She feeds him slowly, staying on the edge, with a spoon different fruits crushed to be easily eaten by Edward such as apple, blueberry, strawberry and orange."
"Then she makes him drink water slowly with her round flask, after finishing, she tells him."
I hope you're feeling better now that I've fed you and given you some water.
Tell me, are you able to speak or are you not yet able to?
Edward:
"Impassive, Edward feels unable to speak."
(Now that I have seen her a second time and she is less close to me, I have the impression that my emotions are not going to get carried away like they did earlier.)
"Still a little shy in front of her, he finally speaks."
I, I know how to speak.
Rebecca:
"Rebecca, hearing Edward, becomes a little overexcited."
Oh you spoke.
"She suddenly approaches his face."
It's great you can finally talk, you can tell us what happened to you to be in this state.
Edward:
"Embarrassed, Edward can't speak."
(Stop coming close like that, it looks like you want to kiss me, it's too embarrassing!)
Rebecca:
Can you tell me what's your name?
Edward:
"Still so embarrassed, Edward pretends to be angry to convince himself that she is not intimidating him while blushing heavily."
Get away from me already and I can talk in peace so please get away from my face so I don't feel embarrassed every time you get too close.
Rebecca:
"Seeing how much trouble Edward is having to speak correctly, Rebecca feels obliged to laugh apologetically."
Ah ah ah, sorry I got too excited, if you want I can sit on the other side of the bed.
Edward:
"Edward is still blushing after what he said.."
Please.
(Please take my emotional state into account when I wake up, I would be grateful.)
Rebecca:
"Rebecca complies and sits on the other side of the bed."
So.
If you want to talk, you could tell me what's your first name before talking about anything else.
Of course at your own pace, I don't want to force you into anything.
Edward:
No it's good, I feel able to speak without having a pain in my jaw, don't worry, I will be able to speak without limits.
Rebecca:
Glad to know, if you want to talk go ahead I'll listen to you.
Edward:
"Edward doesn't really see Rebecca, he continues to look at the ceiling."
"Moving his head, hurt him a bit when Rebecca got close to his face, not seeing Rebecca's face at least now allows him to remove one more source of stress while he speaks."
Good.
So to start off, my name is Edward.
I don't have a last name and I'm an orphan, can I know what your name is?
Rebecca:
My name is Rebecca Cryzim, adopted daughter of Ludo Cryzim and therefore like you, I am an orphan, delighted to know you.
Edward:
Likewise.
"Surprised, he asks her."
Two orphans gathered in the same room, what coincidence don't you think?
Rebecca:
Coincidence?
I would rather say that it's rather common especially at the moment, I wonder why you think it's rare to come across an orphan?
It's weird that you think orphans aren't rare when you have plenty of them in towns and villages.
Edward:
Ah, my bad.
However, I thought the opposite from what I know from here.
From memory I read that there are more than 8 billion inhabitants on Earth and that most of the children in the world have biological parents. always present in their family.
Rebecca:
Wait wait what?!
Damn, where do you come from?
You're really going to end up making me believe that you're an alien who came down to Earth with those kinds of words.
Explain to me how you can be so far from reality as if you had never lived in the United States or any other place?
Edward:
I'm going to have to get to this topic already so it looks like.
(I didn't want to talk about it first for fear that she would think I'm crazy, but you never know, maybe it's a fact that there is a flying village near this place and everyone know it.)
I am, hum.
How can I explain this normally without sounding like a crazy person in front of you?
I don't even know if you'll believe me after I tell you where I'm from.
Rebecca:
I don't see how you can't seem crazier than now with everything you've told me, go ahead and tell me where you come from without fear, I'm not going to make fun of you, don't worry.
Edward:
Thanks.
I can say it quietly if you are so understanding towards me.
I lived in a flying village at a height I don't know, certainly not far from here since I landed here.
This is where I come from and where I decided to jump, so I could escape, which gave the result you know with my whole body in pieces.
Rebecca:
I take back what I said, it's even crazier than I thought.
Well I said I wouldn't make fun of you but it's really hard to believe what you're telling me.
Since you fell from this village, and now you say that you tried to escape, I assume you stayed in this village throughout your childhood, since the only way to escape from a flying village would be to jump.
I would be surprised if someone took you back after running away as a child and brought you back to this village again.
Edward:
It's like you said, I spent my childhood in this village without being able to escape until the moment I fell into this forest and you found me.
It is only from today that I can finally say that I am no longer under the influence of the village, I have spent all my life in this village without being able to know what happened into the outside world if only through books.
This is the reason why I lack knowledge about the current period, I just don't know what is happening right now in the world or even here.
To tell you the truth, I don't even know what country I am in or even if the language spoken is English or another language.
I really don't know much about what happened during the time I was in the flying village.
Rebecca:
It still seems as crazy to me as before, despite what you told me all along.
Listen Edward, if you really were in this village, how can you explain that this flying village you're talking about isn't even visible from the sky?
I mean, the sky that I see in this village I have seen for years and years but I have never seen a village flying in the sky with the lower part of the village clearly visible.
I really think that what you are telling me does not exist but since you seem sincere in not trying to lie, I will just think that this village is possibly hidden somewhere without you having any real proof.
Edward:
I suppose it's better than nothing, I still want to point out to you that what I say I sincerely mean it, even if you have every reason in the world not to believe me, at least believe in the fact that he there is a minimal possibility that this village exists.
Honestly, that's more than enough for me, I prefer that to you treating me like a crazy person just out of a mental institution who starts wandering after a failed escape or something like that.
Rebecca:
"Rebecca scratches her head a little reflexively."
If you care that much, I'm willing to make an effort, but you're going to have to prove it if you want me to believe you one day, okay?
Edward:
Alright.
Rebecca:
"Rebecca is thinking of a question to ask."
Mmm, well I didn't even think to ask you this question, how old are you?
Edward:
I don't know unfortunately.
Rebecca:
Seriously, you don't even know that, I wonder if you at least know the Reaper given your profile as a person who knows nothing about anything that surrounds him.
No, really tell me that you know the Reaper at least because otherwise I will really believe that you were born yesterday in the forest.
Edward:
Ah ah this will make you laugh, like you said I don't know the Reaper.
Rebecca:
"Rebecca pinches the top of her nose with her fingers as a sign of annoyance."
So you're telling me that you really don't know anything about what happened during those 17 years.
The fact that you really stayed on a flying village already seems more credible to me when you say you don't even know what all children already learn very early in any town or village in the surrounding area and that they know like the greatest moment in history, the basis of the basis of the study of our history.
Who in this country doesn't know the Grim Reaper honestly, haah!
You're really going to end up making me think that this village exists with everything you tell me.
Well since you claim to have lived in this village we're going to pretend it really happened, I'm going to teach you the basics that way if you have to go somewhere we won't think you're crazy.
Edward:
Thank you for the efforts you make to make me learn what happened in the world below, or rather this country, finally you understood me here.
Rebecca:
"Rebecca feels proud inside."
It's always a pleasure to help someone in need, don't worry, let your savior save you once again from a certain shame that neither you nor I would like to see.