The next morning, Silas woke up with a bright smile on his face.
His smiles were as a result of the games he played last night, during his sleep.
The Gear's extremely enviable ability that allows one to sleep and game at the same time, making the gaming experience feel like a dream, is something that would make people, especially gamers go crazy for it.
The results from last night games had no surprises as Silas dominated each match and decimated every opponent and opponent teams he met.
The cause of the smile isn't the games' results but the comments from the players.
Due to the high popularity of Silas' game character, when he got into his first match, though his teammates were randomly selected by the game's matching mechanics, they all took camping positions and left Silas to do the heavy lifting, something that he wasn't against.
Silas took his role zealously, picking off his opponent in twos and threes, continuously sending them back to the spawn point.
He hoarded all the kills and points to himself, leaving even his teammates with nothing.
Well, it couldn't be helped. He was the one that did all the work, he felt that it would be very inappropriate to have them benefit from what they didn't work for, hence the comments.
This time around, it wasn't only the opponent and opponent teams that were banging their head against their monitor, but also the teams that had Silas as a team member.
Forum name: COD Maniacs.
Firestorm: "Who the hell is this guy?! (Inserts a highlight video of Silas' game character hunting down the opponent's team member.)"
ShadowSniper:" Lol. You had him as an opponent or as a team member?"
Firestorm: "An team member!"
PhantomThunderStrike: "Well, you had it easy. I had the bastard as an opponent and I swear, after the first death, I was unable to take one step out of the respawn point! It's like he's everywhere!"
SniperAsura: "The annoying part is that camping doesn't work! You think you can respawn and hid? Sorry but he will find you in less than five seconds! It like everyone has an homing beacon that he uses to track them."
WinterDragon: "Something's definitely wrong somewhere. Everyone mass report his account, the game developers will definitely look into it if they consistently receive multiple complaints from players."
UAVSpammer: "WinterDragon is right. Guys, let's mass report that mfer's account!"
The chat above is the reason for Silas' smiles.
Silas found it funny that they want to do him dirty by mass reporting his account but that was all to it, he just found it funny.
He wasn't bothered by their rants as he knew that his account would be safe as their reports and complaints will be sent to the void.
There's many benefits to having an AGI like LUNAR. Things are for one to control.
Putting the matter aside, Silas walked into the bathroom to freshen up and prepare for the day.
Today, he plans to go to Stanford University. It's been three month, if not more than three months since he got admission into the institution and he has never gone for classes once.
After he was done freshening up, he went downstairs for breakfast.
At the table, Kim and Alex were already seated and was about to eat when he arrived.
"Yes, mom."
"Good. I'm sorry for keeping you waiting," Kim said, as she looked at Silas and smiled.
Silas saw Kim looking at him and gave a smile, back.
Honestly, the whole situation was equally shocking for him.
As Alex's brother and the person who had been taking care of him since he was a kid, Silas knew and understood the type of person that Alex is. This is the reason why he found the whole situation to be shocking.
Though he had his thoughts and questions, he knew that this wasn't the best time to ask.
"Bye, Kim," Silas said, and held Alex's hand as they left the house, and got into the car.
****
Few minutes later, on the way to Alex's school.
Whe driving, Silas remembered when Alex called Kim, mom, and he smiled as be shook his head, lightly.
Silas decided to ask the questions as he wanted to satiate his curiosity.
"Why did you do it? Others do not know you well but I do and I know that there's a reason for you to call Kim, mom.
You might try to act dumb sometimes but I know that you're smarter than that. Your position as a class topper proves that. So, why did you do it?"
Alex heard Silas' question and looked at him for a moment before he quietly turned to look at the road ahead.
Because of his age and height, he wasn't able to see much but he didn't mind.
"I wanted to know what it feels to call someone mom and what it feels to have someone called mom," Alex replied, as he continued looking at the road.
Silas was momentarily taken aback when he heard this.
It was then it struck him. Alex never really got to know his mom as she died when he was two years of age.
As someone who had also gone through very similar circumstances, Silas can understand how Alex feels.
It's hard seeing other kids holding their mom and dad, and you look by your side, only to find no one.
It's traumatic to say the least and Silas knew that he wouldn't had been able to survive if their dad hadn't married Alex's mother.
Silas knew that Alex has questions and that he need to have a conversation with Alex. Considering what the topic is going to be, he knew that the conversation is going to be a very long one, and he found somewhere appropriate and pulled up.
He knew that this would make Alex to be late for school but to him, that was far less important.
"Tell me, what do you want to know?" Silas asked.
Alex looked at Silas for a moment and turned to look at his clenched fist.
"Who's my mom?"