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FATHER'S WORDS

Andree was reminded of her days spent with her real family by the things she saw, they made her missed her family so much. 

As she had thought she had already seen everything, A guy appeared in front of her, she did not know who the guy was, she could not understand why she was crying, her heart felt so glad at the same time in sorrow, she felt she knew the person in front of her, but she has no idea who he was until he placed his hand on her head, her heart felt like it would burst in sadness when she remembered him, he was his father.

He told her, “It only means you survived until this day.” He added, “I would like to show you something, will you come with me? It is an offer.” 

He stretched his arm towards Andree asking her to take it. She took his offer then after that there were more memories coming in, she could not fathom things that were unfolding before her eyes.

Her father’s image told her things she needed to know, he guided her through. It was like he knew every question that she had in mind, and he would instantly show her the answers in a form of flashbacks.

Right there in a place inside her mind, he asked her something, she was not able to answer his question. He reminded her of all the things they studied together, still she could not remember until he told her that it was something he taught her before, it was how to set apart her memories inside her mind. He taught her how to shut them off and completely never recall anything, but he also taught her how to retrieve them at her will. In simple words, she can remember and forget memories as she wanted.

She was carried away by what was happening, she was so happy that she was with her father and would love talking with him endlessly and kept discovering things.

She asked him, “How often can we talk or see each other like this? For sure I would have other questions, things that may come up along the way.”

He answered, “Andy, I am a fragment of your memory.”

Andree got Irate at that point, with her brows furrowed she told him, “Are you kidding me?

He answered back calmly, “One of your ability was to project a person in your mind as if that certain person is present, you can talk to this projections as if, you were talking to that person and you can also show that person’s projection to bee seen by others so long as  you can connect into the mind of your prey, In fact there is more to it, you can let those projections say things as what they exactly told you. Things that you can share were only information that were told to you firsthand by that person. You cannot change the narratives.”

She was still annoyed and was in fact planning not to ignore and not to talk to him, but she got curious about the new ability he taught her.

She asked him, “could you explain the new trick you just taught me?

He answered, “You have already learned it before. You just have to recall things you already knew and how use it as how you did back then.”

Andre retorted, “So you mean there’s no easy way for me to learn it the easiest way possible? You wanted me to recall it.”

He smiled and said, “you need to work on your patience, you would need it a lot.”

He also reminded Andree of the 7 heirs to the Alpa, he showed her who they were, she cried and got rally furious when she saw one of the 7 heirs. He was the child that was beheaded in the Inn in front of her by the same person who gave her the scar on her neck. That made her understand what had happened that time to Cesar when he touched their blood.

Her Father also told her that their enemy was the Alcantans, again, another mystery unveiled, at last he was able to get info about Alcantans, even a small detail as it is. He also told her that Cesar was half Alcantan and half Paglaum.

She asked her father if Cesar was married before, he showed her a vision. she seemed to be  thunderstruck when she saw the answer to her query. Cesar had a wife; they have a baby. They were attacked while in their island. She saw her being attacked by the Alkantans.

Andree felt like her heart was crushed when she saw how Cesar’s wife was almost killed by the people of his kind. she felt furious, she felt betrayed, how much more was Cesar?

Cesar was able to take her and the baby to flee and they decided to take refuge amongst the Paglaum, Andree’s clan. While on their way to their village, unfortunately, his wife died because of an infection, but the child still lives but not for long, the child died several days after his wife passed away. Andree’s father, Leon took in Cesar who was back then known as Cassius and made him his companion; Andree’s father was her mother’s trusted guardian who was born in the Paglaum's Alpha bloodline. That moment she was made to remember that she was one of the 7 Heirs to the clan's Alpha.  

She asked her father’s projection, “when did I came to know this story?”

He answered, “The day I took Cassius in our man’s cave.”

She was still getting used to this kind of conversation she was having with her father’s projection at that moment.

Although she had already her conclusion, she still asked for confirmation. “So basically, you are my memory’s yahoo or google search?” She raised her finger and said “wait, No, you are like Siri and Alexa!” she added “If I have questions, I’ll just ask you?”

He promptly answered, “Exactly!”

Andree retorted, “hmmm I am not contented with this, how come I knew all of these things at my early age? For sure I am not a genius.”

He just smiled and said “that was I was about to tell you, not all of these things were your memory, at a very young age you have already tapped to almost everyone’s mind, but you have never understood anything yet. By the mere fact that you have already accessed their minds you might be able to access their memories.” He added “I have not taught you that yet, it will be your time to discover if you really could.”

“I was right, I was just talking to myself all along” she said (sigh heavily).

She asked him, “what Alkantans are like? Why was I being not aware of them? all I knew that I was a Paglaum.”

At the young age of 6 she never understood yet the clans, bloodlines and why does all the heirs were needed to be banished. Those details were nowhere to be found in her memory because those were part of their history That she was not given a chance to know.

The only words she last heard from her father was, “Everything will come to you when you are ready. Do not rush everything. I want you to know that since you got to wear the bracelet, it means you had become what I expected of you. No matter what your choices are, I knew it came from your heart. I am proud of you, my child.” He added, “Now it’s me talking, I coded this line for you, my child.”

Andrea felt her tears running down her face. That was not her memory talking anymore. It was her father! It was the bracelet. He smiled and hugged her, he told her how much he and her mother love her and her brother.