Confidence

Alex then said, "Hello? What do you mean dumb?!"

And Bram said, "Do you really think we didn't think of that?!"

Alex then said, "I don't know. I just brought it up because nobody commented on it."

And Bram said, "Nobody commented on it because it doesn't make sense."

"What do you mean it doesn't make sense?"

"How is he going to mimic the movements of the golden orb if the orb doesn't have a movement pattern?"

"Maybe he needs to do the movements of the bronze and silver orbs and then follow the movements of the golden orb the same way he was doing it before."

Kimi then said, "Hm, that's not a bad idea."

And Bram said, "Of course, it's a bad idea."

Alex then said, "Why do you say that?"

And Bram said, "There's no way this is going to work."

"You don't know. We haven't tried it yet."

"I do know."

"What do you mean you know?"

"Did you see how the moves Gen was making up until now were?"

"Yes, I did. What about it?"

"What about it? Explain to me how he is going to follow the golden orb while imitating the movements of the bronze and silver orbs without making any deviations. You know that we can't keep the golden orb still. There is no way he can do what you said. Actually, there is, but it's ridiculously difficult to do."

Alex then said, "Hm ... maybe you're right. That's probably not the right way to get the golden orb."

And Bram said, "Yes. I'm glad you understand."

Gen then said, "No!"

And Bram asked, "Hm? What is it, Gen?"

"Alex is right."

"He's right? What do you mean?"

Everyone then looked at Gen, and he said, "His logic makes sense. The next orb I need to reproduce the movements of is the golden orb."

"But how are you going to do that, Gen? You know the golden orb doesn't have a pattern, and we can't stop it."

"I know, and that's exactly the way to get the golden orb."

"I don't understand, Gen. What do you mean?"

"Can't you see, Bram?", and Bram said, "Huh? See what? What are you talking about?"

"The golden orb pattern."

"The golden orb pattern? What do you mean, Gen? You know it doesn't have a movement pattern. The golden orb moves the way it wants to move."

"Exactly, the golden orb goes where it wants to go. It doesn't follow patterns. And that's its pattern, no pattern at all."

"What? Are you serious?"

"Yes. Do you think I'm wrong?"

"Yes, but I think it doesn't cost us anything to try your idea."

Alex then said, "Hey! That was my idea."

And Bram said, "That's right. I was thinking why this was a dumb idea, but now it makes sense."

"Hey! What did you mean by that?"

"Nothing. Let's just be quiet so we don't get in Gen's way."

Alex then looked at Bram and said, "You're right. Let's be quiet for Gen. Then we can talk about it."

And Gen said, "Okay. I'll try the routine one more time, only this time with the golden orb movements.", and then he began to repeat the movement of the orbs he picked up.

Gen kept doing the moves until he got to the point where the silver orb moves were over, and then he thought, 'This is it. The golden orb goes where he wants it to go. I just need to do the same. Hopefully, this is the right way.', and then he took a step forward, waited a little, and then felt a slight sense of the right path.

He then stopped moving for a while, and then Bram said, "What's up, Gen? Did it go well?"

Gen then looked at Bram, Alex, and Kimi and said, "No, I failed."

And Bram said, "Don't worry, Gen. It wasn't very likely to work."

Gen then said, "I know."

And Bram said, "Well, let's move on. Let's think of another way to get the golden orb."

"That's not necessary."

"Hm? What do you mean?"

"This is the right way to get the golden orb."

"But you just failed using it. How can it be the right way?"

"This is the right way. I kept feeling the sensation of the right path when moving like the golden orb does."

"If that's the way, why did you fail?"

"Because something is missing."

"Missing? What do you mean?"

"I feel like it's not just me moving the way I want. There's something else I need to do, but I don't know what it is."

"Something else ... Maybe you just need to try it a few more times."

Alex then said, "That's right, Gen. Sometimes you need to do something more than once to understand how it works."

And Gen said, "You're right. I'll try again."

Gen then started repeating all the moves until he reached the end of the silver orb moves, and then he thought, 'What now? Which way do I go? I really don't know ... Let's try to go right this time.', and so he went towards the right and again continued to feel the feeling of the right path for a while, but it was soon gone.

Gen then stopped moving, and Bram asked, "Another failure?"

And Gen said, "Yes."

"What do you think is going wrong?"

"Well, the problem is that I don't know where to go when I get to the end of the silver orb movements."

"You don't know? What do you mean? Wasn't the goal to follow the golden orb movements?"

"Yes."

"Then why are you worrying about which way you're going? It's like you said yourself, Gen. The golden orb moves the way it wants to move."

Alex then said, "He's right, Gen. Maybe the thing that was missing for you is not another method to catch the orb, but confidence in what you are doing."

Gen then said, "Confidence ... you are right. I need to trust myself more. I'll try the moves again."

And Alex said, "You'll get it, Gen. Just don't forget to have confidence."

"You got it.", and then Gen started to do the moves again.

He went through the whole process again, and as he reached the end of the silver orb movements, he thought, 'Confidence in myself.', and then immediately took a step forward, which made him keep feeling the feeling of the right path.

He then thought, 'The feeling is still here!' and then he took another step, and another, and another, and then he kept at it for a while, and even after so many steps, the feeling of the path never went away, it just got stronger.

After moving for some time, Gen felt that he had reached the point where he should be, and then he said, "I did it!"

And Bram said, "Are you serious?"

"Yes."

"Good. Let's get the golden orb, then."

"Yes. Do you know where it went?"

"Yes. I know. It went that way."

"Okay. Let's go then.", and then the four of them went towards the golden orb, and after much searching, they finally found it again.

Gen then said, "You guys know what to do, don't you?"

And Bram said, "I got it."

And Alex said, "Yeah."

And Kimi nodded.

They then approached it again, and when they were close enough, they surrounded it as they had done before.

Gen then began to repeat the movements, and the other three began to bring the orb toward him. He then repeated the process, and when the silver orbs' movements were about to end, he began to move toward the golden orb.

He then met up with the golden orb, and as he got close to it, the orb began to move away from him, but halfway through, the orb came back and stood still in the air as if waiting for something.

Gen then walked towards it, and even after getting very close to it, the golden orb didn't move. Gen then reached out and touched the golden orb.

The golden orb then came toward him and stopped on his shoulder, and seeing this, he said, "I did it!"