Faraway Survivor

I have successfully hacked into the equipment of the new dweller. However, this human is very different from normal humans. There are uncountable scars and bruises on his face and body. Moreover, he has no eyeballs in the eye sockets. Aside from eating and going to the restroom, he sits in the corner of the room and stares into space all day. Sometimes I can hear him call mom, sister. I prefer researching normal humans instead of a handicapped person. In this disaster era, these people are often being treated badly, so they often produce negative emotions. So, it’s not a good sample for my emotion research at all.

I should consider changing my research target. But right now, I don’t have much choice since the number of people in this shelter has reduced a lot. The younger people that used to live here had come into disagreement with the three elders who manage the shelter and left the shelter. I think I need to collect more information about this boy before decide on choosing another research subject.

-Lachesis, where did you find that boy? (???)

-He was thrown in the middle of the desert. By the time I found him, he was already like that. (Lachesis)

The elder with a lot of muscles stands up and hits the table:

-He is handicapped, he can die anytime in this era of disaster. Why did you even think of saving him? (???)

-We only have three people and plenty of resources in the shelter, It's just one more mouth to feed. Why do you even bother about it? I save him just because I want to, I will be the one who takes care of him. (Lachesis)

The old woman tries stopping two old men from fighting each together:

-My, my we only have three people left in this shelter, can we stop fighting? (???)

The muscle old man leaves without saying anything else. The two who is left behind start talking with each other:

-So, what is the real reason you save him? (???)

-The boy... He said he wanted to survive. Can you let him die if you heard that, Clotho? (Lachesis)

-I think I can’t. (Clotho)

Both of them make a heavy sigh.

-Atropos seems to be against saving this boy too much. Do you know why? (Lachesis)

-He doesn’t want to see the past repeat. (Clotho)

-Ehhh... (Lachesis)

-I won’t tell you about his past. You got to ask Atropos by yourself. (Clotho)

-Where has Atropos gone to? Is he going to hit the boy? It takes few minutes for me to find the old man’s location.

I find he is sitting in the corner of the storage room, and he is watching a picture with watery eyes. In the picture, a little boy is sitting in a wheelchair, and Atropos seems to stand right behind him. They both have a big smile on the face. The old man seems to be crying:

-Jake, I'm sorry I couldn't save you. If I can make this boy happy, my guilt for not saving you can be reduced a little. (Atropos)

The old man keeps crying for a long time while watching the picture.
There is no more new information to collect here, so I leave him alone. Human emotion is more complicated than I expected. I thought that the boy only thinks of dying because of his body. However, the information I learnt from those elders differs from what I witnessed. In that kind of body, how can he still desire to live?

-Interesting! Very Interesting! (Hana)

I need to change my approach method. The best way to understand him is to interact with him directly.

Madeus

P/s: Relationship always starts from zero. Even the love between Hana and Farah is no different. Thanks for reading. (n˘v˘•)¬