Chapter 2

Okay, clearly he had gone mad.

Kim Dokja decided as he looked at himself in the mirror in the men's bathroom at the office after washing his face in the sink. 

The thing with the foodtruck guy wasn't an isolated incident. 

He'd heard more voices on his way to work from people on the subway and a few he'd accidentally bumped into. Usually wondering why the sweaty man was looking at them weird.

Maybe it's something genetic? Neither his father nor his mother seemed particularly sane in his memories. If they had some serious psychiatric problem maybe that would explain a lot of things about his childhood.

Maybe it's a tumor? Strangely, this last thought brought him some calm. If someone had to develop a brain tumor he was a better candidate than most people, he didn't have a family or big responsibilities, maybe Han Sooyoung would miss him if he died, but she would be fine in the end. Everyone would.

Really when he thought about his reasons for living, the only thing he could think of at the moment was that there were several books he wanted to finish.

"Are you all right?" Lee Hyunsung said from the bathroom door, looking worried.

"Yes, just feeling a bit under the weather."

Technically Lee Hyunsung was his subordinate as was Jung Heewon and the two students who had been hired as apprentices, since he had been promoted a year and a half ago, but it was hard for Kim Dokja to think of himself that way, he saw himself more as a representative of the team of game testers than a boss really.

Lee Hyunsung walked up to him and placed his hand on his forehead.

Well it doesn't seem like he has a fever, but still his face looks awful . Lee Hyunsung thought.

Jeez, thanks. Kim Dokja thought in response.

"What's going on here?" Yoo Joonghyuk, who had just walked in, asked seeing the other two so close.

"Kim Dokja is not feeling well." Lee Hyunsung said.

"You shouldn't have come to work if you have a cold. You will end up infecting everyone." Yoo Joonghyuk said.

Lee Hyunsung who still had his hand on Kim Dokja's forehead thought:

If he leaves he will miss the cake!

"I don't have a cold, I'm just feeling a bit queasy. I'm sure it will pass soon." Kim Dokja said and left the two men behind in the bathroom. 

He sat at his desk and was about to google schizophrenia when Han Sooyoung appeared.

"Are you pretending to be sick to leave early?" she asked.

"I'm fine."

"Okay, but just so you know your team is planning a surprise party for you during the break and if you leave before the party you'll probably hurt their feelings. You know how weird they are about you."

This explains the mention of the cake. Kim Dokja thought, and then corrected himself. No, it's just a coincidence.

"I don't intend to leave early."

"Anyway... have you tested if you can fly or move things with your mind yet?"

"What are you talking about?"

"You know, your new magic powers."