Captain Marvel: My Mother (BOOK II)

Chapter 35

" A society without mothers would not only be a cold society, but a society that has lost its heart, lost the feel of home. "

- Pope Francis

(More than Two Years Ago: Rouen, France)

The nearby trees had been waving their leaves by the soft breeze. The blue skies with fluffy white cumulus cirrus clouds had drifted and were roaming around. Elder Carol Danvers or Captain Marvel busily spent gardening in her mansion yard. Touching the earthly soil, she took the new plants and carefully planted them. Then, she noticed the Kree-Lizard hybrid boy staring at the vivid fair skies. Amnon-Selah remained silent and pondered about those nightmares he had. Carol remembered the other night when she comforted her son awakening and weeping. Looking at him, she thought of diverting his attention to something else.

" Hey, Kid! " she called the hybrid boy's attention. " Hey! Hey! "

Amnon slowly turned around and became curious if his mother was calling him. He approached and felt shy to confront her. Carol smiled at him and paused at her gardening.

" Come on, Kid, Don't be so shy. "

" Why are you calling me? " he curiously asked.

" I'm just thinking of you doing something else, aside from watching the clouds go by. "

" What is it? "

" Can you help me plant this bunch of lettuce here? "

Amnon raised his eyebrows and got dumbfounded at what his mother was referring to. He was unfamiliar with the edible plants being placed in the vegetable garden box. He scratched his scaly head and intently looked at the leafy greens. The elderly half-Kree woman noticed his long silence.

" Kid? " she raised her voice. " Is there something wrong in what I have said? "

" I don't know anything about it, " Amnon broke his silence, wryly smiled and chuckled.

" Kid, you're just placing the lettuce into the soil. That's all. "

" How? "

" I'll show you. Now, squat beside me and watch what I'm doing. "

" Okay, " he nodded and squatted beside his mother.

Carol took another lettuce and her shovel. She was digging the soil outwards when the small rocks had ricocheted. The Kree-Lizard boy curiously looked at the pale Earthworms inhabiting the ground. He felt uneasy to stare at them as his face got grimaced. The elderly half-Kree woman smiled and chuckled at him.

" What's wrong, Kid? " she asked.

" 682 just said humans are disgusting, but these are more disgusting than people! " he exclaimed.

" Kid, don't you ever judge any living thing by its looks. Each of them has its own useful purpose. "

" Useful purpose? What is that? "

" Like the Earthworms here, they help to get much air and water that gets into the soil. They break down organic matter, like leaves and grass into things that plants can use. When they eat, they leave behind every fragment of these plants, " she explained.

" So, they're very useful then, " he commented.

" Well, If you can suit yourself to be one, " Carol smiled and pointed at the lettuce beside him. " Okay, Boy. Kindly get that plant into the soil. "