There is a myriad of light surrounding the youth but to the naked eyes of a regular person, he’s just letting out pent-up emotions.

“Mm, the light is not very intense but I can still give him power, but it could have unwanted defects…eh why not, he’ll be the last one on this planet I will awaken anyway and the more the better.” The man then instead of storming at Blunt, he approach him with a question.

“Hey kid, you want powers?” No sane person would take the man who smells of urine and in shady outfits question seriously, even thinking of him as a shady drug dealer is still light. But Blunt who is grieving, is not at all in his right mind to really question the man, he just thought that it was a homeless man trying to comfort him.

“Hehe, powers you say?” Blunt did not really take it seriously, instead he mockingly said, “can I reverse time to the day that I was born and live a new life?”

The man just smile, however the next thing he said contradict with his smile, “No, because your life is not as bad as you make it to be you brain-dead bastard, you still have your job right? You still have your mom and dad right? Why is a stranger making you give up on life? You’re a fool.” The man seen too many situations like the youth in front of him.

Blunt was shocked because his brain did not think that far due to the grief of what his girlfriend did, stopping it from going any further. He is but a young sprout in society.

“Ah, you’re right. Hahaha, you’re absolutely right.” Blunt who was dead on the inside a few second earlier, revived. Laughing jovially Blunt asked “Hey you say what powers I want right? I want to have control over all elements…” It wasn’t a joke or rather he was quite serious.

The man smirk at the answer, he had met too many fellow that wants something similar. They are all fools who will die due to their own idiocy, however the next thing Blunt said left him dumbfounded.

“...so that I can teach everyone and enjoy adoration of my descendants.” Blunt has a big bright smile on his lips as he looked out towards the horizon that is slowly darkened as the sun goes down.

The man was slightly stun but regain his wits after a few moments. What surprise him is that the youth in front of him want to shares the power that he will get instead of keeping it low-key. The adoration of the descendants part is common from those that love the spotlight but those that want to teach others of their powers are so few that in all of his years, the man only see 4 other individuals that want such thing.

And mind you, these people are those that are similar to Blunt, they saw the dregs and experience the worst of society, it wouldn’t be surprising if they wanted world domination or complete dominion over those who were once above them.

However, Blunt is a special case due to the fact that what he experienced was nowhere near to what every other individuals that the man have given powers to. The lights only gather towards those that experience the worst of scenarios that ever happened to them. And only certain individuals will be able to draws to lights to themselves, a one in a billion chance.

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Slightly confuse, the man use one of the many low-key powers he can use as a mortal, the Eye of Insight to dig out the story that is hidden deep within Blunt’s heart.

“The most horrid thing that ever happened in his life is just getting scammed by his girlfriend? This kid’s a f*king saint or something?” The man is unwilling to give powers to Blunt because he believe that he would not get very far and might even causes unwanted trouble with his ideals. “But whatever, getting something is still better than nothing, he could make a miracle and pass the first stage who know?”

Sighing loudly, the man looked toward Blunt who is admiring the horizon and spitting rubbish like how beautiful life is, then the man wave his arm creating a blue circle with many complex pattern in the air.

In one fast motion while Blunt was still deliriously spouting nonsense, the man pushed the circle into Blunt’s body from the back and in the process knocking Blunt out.

Looking at Blunt who have fallen into the water and is slowly drifting away, the man then sigh again. “Welp, good luck kid, I hope to see you someday in the...far, future.” With that the man suddenly fell down on the dock bridge sleeping and an apparition of white mist in the shape of a man slowly fade out of existence.

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In the morning of the next day a man and his Great Dane went out for an early morning jog. Running pass the dock, the dog suddenly stopped and sniffs the air.

“What is it boy?” The man who ran pass his dog stopped and walked beside it asking about its weird behavior.

Without a response to the man, the Great Dane make a mad dash for an inconspicuous boat near the corner of the dock and suddenly jump into the water.

“Donkey?! What are you-“ before the man could make sense of what happening, the dog named Donkey dragged an unconscious Blunt onto the bridge.

“Holy mother and all that is holy, is that a corpse?!” Screaming at the top his lung the man took out his phone and call for an emergency ambulance before doing anything else.

After about 3 minutes three police cars and an ambulance rush Blunt’s body to the hospital.

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Ring Ring Ring kacha

“Hello?” The voice of a middle age woman hurriedly answer the phone call, stirring up the pot of spaghetti she use her head and clamp the phone on her shoulder.

“Are you Mrs.Key? If not can you pass on the phone to her please it is urgent.” The caller asked in his heavy baritone voice.

“Yes I’m Jeena Key, can I help you?”

“Mam, we are afraid to announce to you that your son was found unconscious in the water at a dock and he’s currently hospitalized at Mt.Laurel Hospital, we would like you to…” Mrs.Key dropped her phone and turned off the stove the moment she hears where the hospital was.

Rushing there she forget everything else that is currently happening around her. Passing 3 red lights and scratched the car next to her in the parking lot, she finally made it to the receptionist desk.

“M-m-my-my baby Blunt Key, what room is he in?” Flustered she stutter out the question as she have other things on her mind.

Seeing this scene the nurse at the reception desk hurriedly check for the name and answered “Room 375 in the third wing miss.”

Looking at the back of the middle age lady that is rushing away the nurse sigh sadly, she sees this scene far more often than she wanted to. She just hope that it will be a happy ending.

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Opening the door to room 375, Jeena Key was greeted with her beloved son on a bed connected to all sorts of wires and monitoring devices, this scene make her feels like there was a stampede of gazelle stomping on her heart.

There is also 3 nurses and 2 doctors standing around the bed constantly clicking at their iPad and arguing with each other.

“Doctor Frederick, how’s does it look?” The man in glasses ask the older man next to him.

“Mmm, oddly enough the kid seems to be in very healthy shape...yep no case of any kind of damage to his body” Dr.Frederick stroke his chin as he swipe at his iPad.

Jeena Key at the door felt as if the world was taken off her shoulders after she heard the conversation. Without any warning, tears streams from her eyes as she rushes pass the doctors and nurses to caress her pride and joy.

“Mam you can’t-“ The Doctor with glasses was cut off by Dr.Frederick with a wave of his hand.

“Let’s go.” As he say that the old doctor turn around and leave the vicinity with all the nurses and the doctor with glasses in tow.