CuriousTale - Origin Stories

Smoke and Mirrors

" How is her condition? " 

A man asked, the doctor had his notes with him as he looked them over, making the man before him more anxious then before.

" It will take weeks at a time, perhaps even a month for her to recover, the child will be alright, but your wife might face some complications. " 

" Complications? " 

" Your wife has lost a great deal of blood, while I'm certain she will recover in due time, there is a possible chance that she could die as a result of that blood loss, while your child will be alright, there may be something that's...off about them. " 

" Off...doctor, what do you mean? " 

" When your child was born, it turned out she's a girl and not a boy, and part of her hair has turned blue after she was born, regardless, I recommend you monitor your child should anything go wrong for either your child, or your wife. " 

" But she's healthy, right? " The man asked anxiously, the doctor nodded, he could care less about getting a son, he was much more worried about the condition of his wife and newly born child, unlike most men, he cared about them, unlike others who considered his wife to be his baby making machine.

" Yes, your child is actually very healthy, but considering your eye color and your wife's eye color, your child is quite the anomaly, men are going to wonder if she's really your child or just a kid you've adopted from the orphanage. " 

The father remained silent, the doctor sighed upon seeing his uncertain expression.

" Do as you wish, I will not judge you, as I'm certain you will do the right thing. " 

With that, the doctor left the father be, who was visibly concerned, he may not have gained a boy, a son from his wife, but he gained a child nonetheless, there was a name he had chosen to give to his child, regardless of their gender.

After some time though, he was called into another room, the room where his wife was resting, a midwife holding the baby in her arms with a worried look on her face, the sounds of a baby crying, the crying of his newly born daughter.

With his own eyes, the father of the newly born child saw, that while the infant had inherited her mother's beautiful hair color, but it was exactly as the doctor said, parts of her tiny hair had turned blue, when he walked closer, the baby stopped crying and opened her eyes.

She turned her head a bit and gazed at her father with her eyes, her bright blue eyes that was as deep as the ocean, eyes filled with such innocence and full of life, the name the man had for her became fitting all of a sudden, as it occurred to him as to what the name meant.

After the preparations were complete however, people have quickly expressed their disappointment that he did not get a son, and felt like he had been lied to, all that preparing for a son, to them, it was all nothing more then a waste of time and effort.