A Future Uncertain

As Erik walked to the train station to go home, his phone suddenly rang. It was unusual—he rarely got phone calls, so he wondered who it might be. Looking at his phone screen, he was surprised to see it was his Uncle Benjamin calling.

Erik paused for a moment before answering the call, feeling a bit uneasy. 

"Erik," Benjamin's voice came through.

"Uncle Ben," Erik said.

"You never told me about your awakening when we last met!" Benjamin said, sounding hurt that Erik had kept this news from him.

Erik didn't want to tell that to him. He still had many suspicions about the man, and telling him this could be problematic.

"Apologies, Uncle Ben. It slipped my mind," Erik said in a flat voice.

Sensing Erik's guarded response, Benjamin asked. "Is something wrong?"

"No. Why do you ask?"

"It is from a while that I've noticed you are a little weird."