Chapter 10: The Doll Lives
Looking at the doll he had made, Alex felt a little disappointed. He could animate the figure that looked like Paul and even speak. But those were all actions under his control, and they didn't help at all. It's like a realistic dummy, a dummy that can be controlled remotely.
After making this puppet, Alex felt that his spirit was exhausted, and he no longer bothered about whether the puppet was useful, and lay down and fell asleep. As soon as he slept the next day, after he got up, he specially entered the mental space to check, the doll had not changed, and he was still sitting on a chair in a daze.
"What can I do with this thing?" Alex thought to himself, and before he could think about it, Paul came to teach him music again.
This time Paul still didn't plan to teach anything new, he wanted to see how Alex was practicing. He plans to wait for Alex to learn the accordion before teaching him how to play and sing on his own.
When Alex took the accordion from Paul's hand, he accidentally touched Paul's hand, causing him to feel like he was being electrocuted, and his whole body was numb. The sudden electric shock made him scream!
At first, he thought it was static electricity, but it turned out that they were both electrocuted.
Strangely, Paul didn't do anything, looked at him inexplicably, and asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”
"I seem to have been electrocuted just now, it must be too much static electricity on my body."
"Electrified? I don't think so! ”
Alex also felt strange, obviously feeling an electric current coming from Paul's body, but the other party didn't have anything at all. What's even more strange is that after he was electrocuted, he felt a little mentally sleepy, similar to the feeling of overusing his abilities.
"What's wrong with you? It looks like he's tired. ”
Soon, Paul also discovers Alex's abnormality. A child who was still very energetic just now suddenly became a lot more depressed.
"I, I'm fine! I just feel a little blind! Alex struggled to play the accordion, but couldn't remember how to play it.
"Didn't you sleep well last night, you'd better get some sleep, I'll come back in the afternoon!"
Seeing this, Paul thought that he had been practicing the accordion all night before, which had interfered with his sleep.
The feeling of tiredness grew, and Alex only felt that the light was much dimmer all of a sudden. He didn't know what was wrong with Lu Dao, and his thinking became much slower, so he had to agree, "Okay! I'll go to bed first. ”
As Paul watched, Alex put down the accordion and went back to his bedroom.
At this time, it was just nine o'clock in the morning. Bart is at work, and Angel is out to buy something. Paul had already greeted the Carpenter before he arrived. Now, he had to write a note explaining the situation and tell them to come back in the afternoon.
As soon as he got to bed, Alex couldn't hold back his tiredness and fell into a deep sleep. Strangely, this time he had one dream after another in his sleep. This is a little different from before, after he overuses his power, he doesn't have a dream when he sleeps. What's even stranger is that in the dream, he found himself transformed into a child from rural Germany, from birth to growth, and most recently to the United States.
"Ahh I understand! This is Paul's past! ”
When Alex woke up from his dream, he sat up at once. It was almost twelve o'clock, and the sun was shining through the window. Only a few noises could be heard coming from the kitchen location, and it was Angel preparing lunch.
"Strange, why would I dream of Paul?"
Since it was a dream, and it was a dream of someone else's past, Alex felt a little vague. At the same time, he couldn't figure out what Paul was and what was Paul.
After waking up, Alex felt that this incident was a little strange, and after thinking about it, it seemed to be related to the Paul puppet he made. So, he entered the mental space to check on the puppet.
Surprisingly, when he entered the spiritual space and activated the time of that space, the puppet actually came to life.
"Alex! Where am I? The puppet asked.
Alex looked at the doll in a daze, and only felt incredible. He said, "Who are you?" ”
The puppet looked at him strangely and said, "Don't you recognize me?" I'm Paul! ”
Yes, the doll in front of him looks exactly like Paul, and the tone of his behavior is the same. It's just that Paul will appear in this space for the sake of what he wants, and this space is not virtual for his own spirit. What happened to the original Paul, there will be no problem.
Alex is more and more surprised the more he thinks about it, and at the same time he is afraid that his biggest secret will be discovered by the real Paul, or that he will inadvertently imprison Paul's soul in his own space. Either way, it's not a good thing. He asked the Paul doll again and again, but he didn't ask anything, but became more and more sure that the one in front of him was Paul himself.
"Alex! What are you doing to imprison me, let me go!" "The puppet is already on the verge of going berserk and wants to break out. However, it soon found that when the door opened, it was dark outside.
"Please don't get excited, listen to me!" Alex was frightened, and when he saw the puppet's eyes, he knew that the other party had lost patience and no longer wanted to hear what he had to say.
With a fierce look, the puppet lunged at Alex, trying to restrain him. The puppet knows that the strange thing that happened to him must be related to this child.
"Stop!" Alex yelled and stopped the puppet's movements.
Yes, the puppet in front of him, whether Paul himself or not, still has a way to stop the puppet he made. In this spiritual space, Alex is God, who can create everything and control everything.
Now, the puppet is like a robot that has been pressed the pause button, and it doesn't move.
"What the hell is going on?" Alex walked around the doll a few times, trying to find out, but alas, he found nothing.
After the last moment, Alex withdrew from the mental space, and he planned to go to the real Paul to see if there was anything wrong with the other party.
As soon as he walked out of the room, he was called by Angel to dinner. It was already lunchtime, and Bart was back home.
"You woke up? I was about to get you up to eat. ”
In desperation, Alex had to finish the meal first, and while he was eating, he kept thinking about Paul. He was already a little worried about Paul, for fear that he had inadvertently killed someone.
After finishing lunch, he hurried out of the house and went to the tavern to find Paul. When he saw that Paul was safe and sound, a big rock fell in his heart.
"It's, it's so nice to see you!" Alex was out of breath, he had come all the way.
Strange as Paul said, "Didn't I say I'll come back to you in the afternoon?" You can't wait now? ”
"Yes! I'd like to play it for you right away. ”
Alex had no choice but to follow Paul's words, and he pretended to be impatient, much to Paul's great delight.
"Very well, then you can come in. We haven't opened our doors yet, it's still early. ”
They walked to a hut, where Paul lived. As Paul watched, Alex picked up the accordion on the table, which was very old and looked like it had been used for years.
It's also strange to say that when Alex played this time, he felt that he had no teacher, and he easily played the place where he couldn't be coherent before. Not only that, but his understanding of some of Paul's movements and fingerings yesterday was immediately understood.
"It's unbelievable! You were just introduced to the accordion yesterday and you can play it so well today! ”
Paul had been playing the accordion in the tavern for almost twenty years and knew the instrument inside and out. He has also taught children to practice the accordion and is no stranger to being a teacher. He often works part-time to teach accordion to children at a nearby elementary school, but when he saw Alex perform, he was taken aback.
The accordion emits pleasant notes in Alex's hand, and together they are a beautiful piece of music. For him, all that is lacking is proficiency, and now he can play immediately as long as he practices a few more times.
Why is it so easy to learn, even Alex is a little unclear. He speculated that it might have been because he had made Paul's dolls. Originally, the ability to memorize completely is only reflected in memory, and the most time spent in the learning process of a person's life is to memorize all kinds of knowledge. But after memorizing, you still need to use it to really master it.
Now, Alex has only practiced a few times, and he has mastered the skills of playing the accordion. Others need to practice for ten days or months, Alex only needs one or two times. This is even stronger than Goldbaby's super learning ability, which is more in line with Alex's heart.
"Oops, that's great. With this ability, it is easy to learn anything. It's really trouble-saving and effort-saving! "Alex is a lazy man, and he certainly doesn't want to work too hard.
Although he is lazy, he still uses his brain to think about things. He is not just imitating others now, he has mastered the skills, and he can create some music clips of his own as he likes. Although these are only fragments, for someone like Paul, who eats on music, it is nothing less than a heavenly sound!
Paul was numb to shock in the face of this amazing performance, and he really didn't understand how Alex did it. It took him a while before he realized that it was time to teach Alex to sing earlier. So that he can really stand on the stage and perform with them.
"Alex, you've played the accordion so well. I want to teach you how to sing as soon as possible, but I haven't figured out what to teach you today. I'll come back to you later. ”
After Paul sent Alex away, he thought about it again and again, and felt that he couldn't be treated like an ordinary child, and he had to show some real skills.
In fact, Alex's purpose had already been achieved, and he just wanted to come over and see if Paul was still alive. Luckily, there was nothing wrong with him, otherwise he really didn't know what to do. Now he just wants to go home and enter the mental space to study the doll, and maybe find something new.
However, when he returned home, he realized that he had overused his abilities today, and even if he had the spirit, he had to consider the body's endurance. He had to wait until tomorrow before he could enter the mental space again.