Disciples: Swordsman Thong (Old and Discontinued)

S1 EP1 Chapter 3

"Did you realize how smart are you? Tatha?"

Daniel is talking with her at a small cafe nearby his truck. Tatha shakes her head, stating that she doesn't know about it.

"Right, did you know you've just tricked my A.I.? Well even though Bradley had so many versions from her main and backup data, you accidentally got the weakness of one of them. But anyways, what I wanted to say is that.....You are clearly not just a girl who was timid and silence, there is something inside you that is sly and clever. Of course, I don't know how is your past. But I can sense that hidden personality of yours."

Tatha was confused. For a little girl, she can't understand what Daniel had said.

"Ah.....Of course, you're just a kid. This is all grown up mentality stuffs. Sorry, why not we talk about something else?"

"I'm sorry, took me some time to came here! Hello again, Mr. Daniel! I'm here to fetch the kids." Rebecca had arrived at the location they mentioned.

"Ah, Hello! Please, just call me Daniel. Rebecca. We're all same age, it's okay."

"Oh yes, Daniel. Thank you for finding and take good care of the kids."

"I can't stand by and watch sometimes, it is what I have to do."

"Tatha, can you join Teacher Tammy and the boys at the van? I'll come later, promise." She showed her where the van is, with Tammy bringing her back into the van.

"Right, Rebecca. I had something to ask you, it's about Tatha."

"Did she give you any trouble? I am terribly sorry, we also don't know about their breakout....."

"Oh no no no, it's not about that. I would like to ask what did she do when she was at the dome of the playground for all these years she had been in the orphanage?"

"Oh.....Of course Ha Ha, sorry. She always stays in the dome, looking at the walls most of the time. But when we're not noticing her, she can do anything like a normal person. More importantly, she is a very smart girl. But an incident happened 6 years ago, giving her a very big trauma. From that day, she never speaks like a dummy and was very afraid of anything ever since."

Daniel stopped and think for a while.

"Is there anything wrong? Daniel? We really took good care of her, and we all did our best for her. It is the belief of our religion, also out of our heart."

"No. Let me tell you about something I saw according to what you say. I recommend you have private trips with her, just you and Tatha. Let her experience the vast world out there with someone she really trusts like you, Rebecca."

"But why? I cannot let the other children down by just getting to her, plus she doesn't want to get out there. I know her, she is too afraid. She had to be safe, the trauma had given her too much." Rebecca refused his advice.

"I'm sorry, but that is how you can give Tatha. She always looks at the walls outside means that there is a spirit of adventure inside her. I don't know whether it's the father or mother who is the adventurer, but she wants to see the world. The ways she prank her bullies and tricked my A.I. Prove that she is not someone who would sit down in a place, and awaits everything forever."

"I cannot accept that, she is an obedient girl! She would not do that!" Rebecca denies everything.

"It's alright, I know that you've been taking care of her for all these years. Might be knowing her more than a stranger like me did. But I will just give you one more piece of advice, Rebecca. Whatever she did these 2 days, she will do it again if she saw the chance. Whether it's good or evil, relies on your choice of education. She is now in between of the ways and attitudes to use her intelligence, which is crucial for someone who is about to be a teenager for 2 more years. Of course, I will never treat her as a genius. She must at least have a great childhood starting from now, this will give her growing a lot of help. Anyways, may the Lord be with you all the time." He said it gently.