Leon opened his eyes to the world.

The first thing which caught his eyes was the smiling face of a woman who stared deeply into him, he could feel a tinge of motherly affection for him behind those round eyes.

𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 ?

This was Leon's first thought , strangely enough he didn't understand where the concept of mother originated from or how it had come to him.

" What a strong baby , not even crying after birth. "

Leon heard the woman's voice call out.

Leon recognized this voice ; this was the same voice which had hummed to him when he was in that small and dark space, this was the same voice which spoke with him as if he could answer back , if was safe to say Leon couldn't understand the words back then however could barely understand them now.

" Not even crying after birth.. "

Leon heard the woman heard the woman as she sounded like she was contemplating about this strange. occurrence.

" Healthy babies are supposed to cry after birth. . Don't tell me... "

For his first time Leon saw the expression on the woman's face morph into something strange - her eyes opened widely and the colour drained from her skin.

Leon watched as she brought a finger next to his nostrils and placed another on his chest , directly above his chest.

The strange expression disappeared after a few moments of heavy silence.

" Ah.. he breathes and I can hear his strong heartbeat so atleast he should be alive.. little guy , you had me worried ! "

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Looking closer Leon could see dark circles under her baggy eyeballs and her face was awfully thin - she looked like she hadn't been eating for days.

Leon once again found it strange how he understood what eating was or how he could describe the woman's face or even how he instinctively knew that this woman was his mother - someone that would take care of him for a quite an amount of time.

Leon felt that it was even weird how he could even make deductions like this , it felt like an anomaly, like he could freely think outside the scope of a normal baby.

...

Several hours had passed now since Leon was born , not much had happened ever since except being breastfed and excessive sleeping.

Along the course of the day a strange woman had showed up to visit his mother , Leon couldn't hear much details of the content of the conversation they had but he could tell by the warm smiles his mother and the woman shared with each other that they must have been close.

The woman had even pointed out how she found it weird that Leon could see her.

Besides his mother and the woman , Leon could feel the presence of another individual. It was hard to not feel the person's strong emotion ; impatience.

Leon could feel a strand of life leaking from the woman's bulge infront of her and how that life inside of her was eager to be free.

Leon didn't know why he did it or how but when he tried reaching out to the individual by touching that strand of life he had felt , he could feel the other person's heartbeat beating vigorously at first and then slowing down to beat in resonance with Leon's.

This left Leon wondering ;

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘮 𝘐 ?

From his heightened senses to his awareness of the environment, everything felt strange.

In the midst of his baby thoughts Leon found himself drifting to sleep once again before the world turned dark...

When he opened his eyes he wasn't in the warmth of his mother's arms like he expected to be.

He saw an elderly man staring at him , if there was one word to describe his total appearance it would have been without a doubt be 'fierce'

There was a large diagonal scar visible from his chest even when the man folded his arms.

Leon didn't know where he was or why he was there but before he could attempt to look around a strong voice called out to him.

" ****** "

Leon couldn't hear the word but what he was sure of was that it had been a name - his name, it felt like the world was trying to prevent him from learning of the name.

In his ignorance the man continued to speak

" ****** , Hurry up and grow. . The Heavens await your presence. "