no. EEZO

TOWARDS A MILESTONE

CHAPTER 7

19.

Days are continuously going, something that should be faced whether we like it or not. Time will constantly move as it slowly marches us towards the future.

As the story goes on, Monday comes again. Everyone is set to do what they are supposed to do. Milly goes to Alioth's house to fetch him. She was actually surprised when she saw Alioth, perfectly prepared and already waiting outside. It's time for their weekly scheduled appointment.

Upon arriving, Alioth walks towards the vacant room where the regular sessions occur. The psychiatrist was surprised to see Alioth go inside by himself. Usually, Milly will assist him towards the room, then leaves him there as she waits in the lobby. Due to visible confusion, Milly gives the psychiatrist a heads up. She told her that

Alioth was already waiting outside when she arrived. And now Alioth goes in by himself. With this primary observation, the psychiatrist starts the session with extra caution on her mind.

Knowing that Alioth communicates through writing, the psychiatrist hands him a whiteboard and a marker. "I like your shirt, it suits you. So how's your week?" The psychiatrist asked as she tried to make Alioth comfortable.

Alioth smiled and wrote "I'm fine"

It is actually the first time that the psychiatrist saw Alioth smile, she then began to guess "Do you have new friends?" she asked.

Alioth immediately nodded as he wrote "Her name is Luna"

"That's nice! Can you tell me more about her?" the psychiatrist replied.

"They always fight" Alioth wrote.

"They?" the psychiatrist curiously asked.

"Rigel and Luna" Alioth added.

"Are they... not friends?" the psychiatrist questioned.

Alioth disagrees as he writes "They are close friends".

"So there's three of you hanging out.." the psychiatrist commented.

Alioth shakes his head because there's 4 of them, including Eezo, but then he realized that the psychiatrist should not know about Eezo. Alioth panicked and accidentally said "Oh" as he nodded, agreeing to the psychiatrist's comment.

The psychiatrist was surprised to hear Alioth's voice, the potential of making him talk again increases. With this timing, she tried harder in order to push Alioth a bit. She needs to put Alioth in a situation wherein she will catch him off guard, the questions should not be answerable by yes or no.

"Can you tell me how you met Luna?" the psychiatrist asked.

Alioth wrote "Lumpiang shanghai"

The psychiatrist was confused, she asked "What is that?"

"Food" Alioth wrote.

"Oh so you met her through food." the psychiatrist clarifies.

As their conversation goes on, Alioth is slowly getting comfortable with their discussion. The psychiatrist is fully aware that her next question might hurt Alioth, but she needs to do so, for Alioth's sake. "Are you afraid of losing them?" she asked.

Alioth was stunned, he felt like a covered wound opened again. It is actually the first time that Alioth realized he might lose Eezo. There will be a time wherein Eezo needs to go back where it came from.

Alioth starts to tremble, the scenario enters his mind, like a storm that is yet to come. "A.. aaa.. aa.." Alioth tries to speak, his voice cracks as he begins to shed tears in his eyes.

The psychiatrist immediately hugs Alioth. "Relax, relax... It won't happen. Sorry for asking" she said as she comforted Alioth.

The situation is extremely difficult to deal with. The psychiatrist could not prescribe medication due to the fact that Alioth is a kid. The dosage might harm his development. They don't have that much of a choice, they have to do it in a hard way.

In a few more minutes, the session ended. Even with a heavy heart, the psychiatrist attained notable results for that day. She began to discuss things with Milly.

"So doc, how was he?" Milly worriedly asked.

"First of all, I do want to apologize to you mrs. Milly, the session went drastic" the psychiatrist said.

"What do you mean?" Milly responded.

"It's evident that Alioth is getting better, he communicates well now. When I was talking to him, there's a part when he actually said something. To be precise, he used his voice rather than an actual word" the psychiatrist discussed.

"Really? That is amazing!" Milly reacted.