Hearing the doctor say those words, for a second it seemed like everything around him had gone quiet. Gary was looking at the adult in front of him, yet at the same time, his eyes weren't focused. The words 'bad news' just constantly rang in his head again and again, drowning out the noise around him.
It felt as if someone had submerged him underwater, making him unable to breathe. This was because the thoughts he just had moments ago, could very well become a reality.
“Gary!” His sister called out. “Gary, what's going on? What is he talking about? What happened to Mum?” Amy shouted, panicked as she had no idea that their mother had been brought here as well.
The doctor had yet to explain things, because he could tell that Gary was still out of it. He had seen many people react like this before, and the young girl by the boy's side seemed to be some relative as well, most likely the daughter, who wasn't dealing with the sudden news any better than her brother.
'Wait a second, the Mark!' Gary suddenly thought. 'She can't be dead, if she died, then the system would have informed me, right? She's not dead, she's still alive.' With this thought in his head, he checked the air and saw a faint, but yet still visible green Mark, coming from the emergency room.
“Please, tell me how my mother is?” Gary asked.
The doctor took a second look at the high schooler, there was a clear change in his eyes. Usually information like this wouldn't be passed onto a kid, but there was no one else here. He felt sorry that these children had to grow up in a world like this.
“You seem to be a brave boy, Gary, no matter what happens you should keep that determined look with you.” The doctor said. “First, let me alleviate your worst worries, your mother is still with us. Her vitals are fine, and the bruises on the outside of her body will heal given time. The bones also seem to be only bruised, none broken.
“However, the issue is that your mother isn't showing any signs of waking up. There seems to have been some sort of head trauma that has caused her to go into a permanent sleep-like state.”
“He's….” Gary wasn't sure what to say, because originally he had only come to Kai out of his own selfish need, but recently he had been forced to ask him for help time and time again. Surprisingly he came through every time, no matter how crazy Gary's request had been.
If he could fix their problem once again, the high schooler was ready to earnestly do his best to help this person out, a person like this wasn't a stranger in Gary's mind.
“He's... a friend.” Gary answered with a smile.
Chapter end
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