Robert idly listened to Elise talk about how her father had brought her to his shows and her up bringing regarding the combination of science and magic. Of course she wanted to come and talk to him about the combination of the two things he would specialize in. He continued to dwell on the thought that maybe she did know more than she was letting on. If that was the case he needed to her to leave as soon as possible. Robert walked over to a small table that had a couple of bottles of liquor. Taking one of the glasses he places a couple of pieces of ice in it.
Robert’s eyes glanced over to her when she gave a display of her abilities with magic. What she was able to do was on a large scale for some, but a small scale for others. She was able to generate electricity with only her body. His mind went over all the possibilities on how she was able to do it. Control of certain body functions? Was she able to speed up atoms to the point that the static was more powerful? Or was it something else? It was a puzzle, he use to like those when he was younger. Twenty years ago he would have taken her to a lab and had her conduct experiments to determine were her magic resided from. When the display ended he returned to pouring his drink. He barely pour anything in it, some of the ice cubes did not even touch the ice. His drink would be a time limit to her stay. As soon as he was done with his drink he would show her to the door.
He picked up his drink and walked over to her while she was asking her questions. They were all reasonable questions that several people have asked him. Of course he didn’t get tired; he wasn’t using his magic to begin with. He was using an implant they had developed at the lab. Before she could finish speaking he heard something fall from the other room. Gaia’s room. He noticed the girl look at the room too. So it wasn’t him just being paranoid. His mind quickly started to race. He thought about everything that was in the room. Nothing was in the room except a chair, fake plants on the floor and Gaia. Had Gaia-
“Robert.” Dr. Lee was there beside him again. “Calm down or you’ll make the lady worry about you.”
Robert looked back at Elise who was yet again looking at him.
“Sorry about that.” Robert said taking his seat. “My cat must have knocked something down again.”
“Liar”
“Now back to your questions.” He took a sip of his drink leaning back casually in his seat. “Magic is a taxing thing to some. All over the world there are those that struggle their whole lives trying to perform the simplest tasks while others merely have to suggest the idea in their minds and it is done.” He thought about what to say next trying to keep the conversation more interesting so her mind wouldn’t wander. “When I first started with magic I had a hard time getting a weed to sprout. I would use all my energy on one single seed. Finally one day I was able to do it. Then I worked with two seeds. Then three, then four.”
“Or you could tell the girl that you implanted some of an alien’s DNA into yourself with a magic enhancer. That would make for a more interesting story than the poor boy that struggled to greatness.” Dr. Lee grumbled behind him.
Robert paused listening to the dead man behind him. He knew that the girl in his apartment couldn’t hear or see him, but it still worried him to hear those words out loud. What if she was actually someone that was in-tune with the dead and could pick up on them easily?
“As for being tired” He continued. “I have worked many years on my endurance. Thanks to my effort performing magic is like breathing.”
Robert took another sip of his drink. He glanced down at the liquid wishing that it was gone. Noticing he still had a little left he looked back up to Elise with a smile. “Do you have any other questions?”
Gel’linnea laid there looking around every now and then to see if her sight had returned. Nothing. She focused her attention on moving her body. Nothing. So far she only had her sense of feeling, hearing, and her recently returned sense of smell. After trying to see and move again she gave up for the time being and focused more on the senses that she had. She could hear mumbling, it sounded like an animal. The animal didn’t sound to close to her to be a threat. She could also smell the plants that held her. They were old and long removed from the outside. The rest of the room smelt stale, the air wasn’t fresh. How long had she been here? She began to wonder how she had been placed in this room; she must have been brought here. That would mean her ship could be anywhere on the planet.
The more she laid there and thought about it the more she worried. What kind of animals lived on this planet? Where they nice or mean? She felt her heart pick up speed as her fear of them being mean to her rose. She had to get away.
Light began to flood into her eyes suddenly. Everything was a blur though. The room was bright. She closed her eyes reflexively. After a moment she opened them slowly. Everything was still a blur, she couldn’t make out anything. Good. She would be able to see soon. She let out a deep breath and laid there waiting.