Chapter 3 : Mind blowing

My dad's words were something, so I was a slow learner and had brain damage since birth, but why since I woke up I feel like my brain is working a lot faster than normal? Well, nevermind that for now.

" Now I get why mom was proud when she was speaking about me being a slow learner "

As soon as I said those words both of them had their mouth wide open not believing what they heard, that´s weird!

" what´s going on ?"

they both looked at me in disbelieve and said " how did you know we were proud of you "

" Well my mom's eyes were, how do I explain it, they were shining as if looking at something special that makes you happy, there was no disappointment in them even when talking about me being below normal people "

" That´s unexpected of you, those observation skills are new to us, you were a plain boy in the past, you didn´t understand the way people think about you, you only had one thing on your mind: just studying so that you can succeed, you knew you were not like others but you couldn´t tell even when someone mocked you or pitied you, you just thought they spoke facts and there was no reason to be angry about them, you didn´t know sarcasm, pride or anything of these !"

" Well, I don´t remember all I know now is that I can tell what you are feeling from the way you speak and the way you move ."

mom looked at dad with shining eyes and said " Honey our son, maybe he is cured of the damage he had in the past after the coma, this is a fortune in misfortune, I am really happy that he is awake now, even more, he may have forgotten a lot of things but that´s no problem at all "

Dad nodded his head and I could tell that he was happy from his eyes even with his straight face.

" Oh, by the way, tell me about my sister, how is she? "

" Linda is a good, mature and honest girl she is 19 years old now, she is studying archeology, she travels a lot to historical sites to analyze and document artifacts, she is a diligent student and even in her first year of college she was so brilliant that she got a place to study abroad for a semester and as you know she will finish in a week and come back to continue her study in the best university in the country, even with you in a coma we decided to buys a house near her university, you wouldn´t be mad that we moved out from Atlantis to live far away from the hospital we still came to look for you now and then, but your sister needed us to look after her too "

" Well that´s to be expected I was quasi dead so taking care of Linda was the right choice nevermind that, I am happy that I have such a good sister "

" Oh and yeah she is a pretty woman like your mother " the ever straight face dad said with a smile.

" Hoho stop flirting with me now! well yeah she is as pretty as I was in my youth days so many young ones are hitting on her but you father is just scary when it comes to Linda he wouldn´t let anyone go near her, he didn´t let her go abroad at first but we convinced him otherwise, I even threatened him ... enough of that, by the way, son, did the director tell you that your looks didn´t change in 20 years? you look the same as the 25 years old you !"

" no he didn´t he just talked to me a bit and then we started the tests, you know the reasons? That´s not normal, does it have something to do with the treatment ?"

"I 'll go look for the director to let your dad explain to you what we know "

" ok go-ahead "

My mom left the room quickly, I looked at father in the eyes questioning him after a few seconds he sighed and said:

" your mother is very excited to see you well, she suffered a lot in those years, she must be sad because you couldn´t remember anything but also since you didn´t show any fear and accepted us without any problem that I thank you for !"

Woah my dad is the silent mature and kind type, that´s good to hear.

" What can I do, I didn´t even remember my name, I can see that no one is lying to me so of course, I believe your words even if it is difficult to do that at first, but there is no point to do something uncalled for when I saw her jow the moment she saw me awake, so of course I believe you are my parents and a doctor wouldn´t lie to a patient too ."

dad nodded " you have a point , i forgot that you have a bright mind now and can tell what we are thinking from trivial things , and for the looks thing , the doctor said that the accident damaged a lot of you brain functions such as the memory part , the growth part , and many others , let´s say your body stopped feeling the time and his treatment revolved on this factor , if the growth part wasn´t damaged your treatment would ve not worked wonder now , so in a much simpler term , a lucky coincidence helped finish your treatment , so the doctor repaired all your brain cells that had to do with everything else and let the growth part sustain its damage at first , he told us that if we repair the growth part first the damage will grow with time and it will add a variable to your treatment and you will not recuperate , but if you don´t grow , i mean your brain doesn´t give the command to multiply , create or change your cells in your body , we can influence them and activate the growth ourselves and try to repair it little by little and so your treatment began by stimulating small part of your brain , he controlled the damaged cells and little by little your brain started to consume the damaged cells and replace them with active ones , it is a much complicated treatment with lots and lots of hard problems but our company helped with the developement of many of the machines related to your treatment , let´s say we custom made some machines to go with your situation and it comsumed a lot of research and time to finish those but i am glad that it worled out well in the end ."

I was dumbfounded for a second there but let´s think about it, treatment with machines that control functions in your brain and issue a command to the body, that´s some godlike shit there! so this is the high-end tech he talked about early on!

" So your company had a hand in my treatment too, that´s a relief I thought you were crazy for a second there when the doctor told me about this experimental treatment first, but now I understand why you accepted it, you were part of the solution and you had some first-hand information about the treatment and making sure it went without a hitch was your machine roles! I am glad I have a father like you, now I have another question, were those machines and research really expensive to sponsor? "

" at first yes, we were a small company with small funds but as we continued with the research we developed a lot more than that machine, and till we got the finished product to help you we developed a lot more than we thought, many machines from that 1 research were helpful in many other situations and different areas, computing, artificial intelligence gaming, and everyday needs, and those products was really on point, we got them to the market and after 5 years our company became bigger and bigger, at the 10 years mark we finished what we needed for your treatment and so the doctor started it and it took him 8 years to finish the treatment and since then we just waited and waited for the way you will wake up and here we are now after 20 years ."