Missing Wit

12:Accident?

  Lina was preparing breakfast, which was surprising, even for Lina. Normally, Kurt was the one preparing breakfast with the robot. Kurt was only involved in preparing breakfast because the robot was so slow; otherwise they would leave this job entirely to the robot.

One of the reasons why Lina prepared breakfast today was because she wanted to focus on something else after the events she lived trough. That's why she didn't want the help of either Kurt or the robot. She wanted to focus on something other than what he was experiencing, doing everything alone; at least that was the plan. Though, her plan hadn't worked; she paused every five to ten seconds and thought about what had happened. In fact, he once stopped carrying the plates and dropped one of them due to carelessness. Luckily, the plate was not broken. After Lina looked at the plate and saw that it wasn't broken, she put what she had in her hands on the table and picked up the plate that had fallen. Then she washed the plate in the kitchen and took it back to the table.

There was a person who heard the sound of the plate falling; this was none other than Kurt. He had come to see Lina. But by this time Lina was in the kitchen. Unable to see Lina, Kurt shouted, "Lina!" she called downstairs.

Despite Kurt's call, Lina didn't respond. Kurt called out again, but with greater force, "LINA!" When there was no answer, Kurt began to worry. Going to the kitchen, he saw Lina leaning against one of the open windowsills in the kitchen. She was holding a glass of water with both hands and looking out. It was clear from her stance that she was unhappy. Kurt went to Lina's side and leaned against the window just like her.

Seeing this, Lina was surprised and, "Kurt! When did you come?" said.

"Here I am," replied Kurt, pointing to himself. This answer meant that Kurt should spend less time in the basement and more time among people.

Lina left the window and washed her face in the kitchen faucet. It was as if she still hadn't woken up. After washing her face, she turned to Kurt and asked, "Are the children awake?"

"No," Kurt said, looking around. Apparently, Lina wasn't the only one who couldn't sleep.

Lina then went upstairs without saying anything to Kurt. Kurt walked into the living room. He noticed that the robot was standing in the corner, closed in the living room. He went to the robot and turned on the robot by pressing the button on his stomach. After seeing the robot open, he said to the robot, "Tidy the living room up," and went down to the basement.

Why had Kurt gone down to the basement? Because according to him, Lina was hiding something about herself. Kurt wanted to examine the records to find out. He quickly passed the stairs leading to the basement and went down to the basement. After taking the tablet computer on the left, he went to the right. He plugged a cable from his tablet into the large computer on the right. Then, he quickly skimmed through the tapes from Lina's awakening to when he arrived in the kitchen.

Lina was calling out to the household to let them know that breakfast was ready. Kurt unplugged the cable he had plugged into the computer and ran upstairs. He got up and continued to climb the stairs, even if he fell once on the stairs while running. When he entered the hall, he saw that the robot was still cleaning the living room. Especially collecting Sophie's toys was taking a long time for the robot. Kurt left the robot alone and went to the kitchen and sat down at the table. The children also came to the table. They had breakfast together.

"Why did you tell me this, sir?" asked Eric. He was right when he asked; the situation was almost irrelevant.

Paul thought about what Eric said and agreed. However, he did not tell this to Eric. He just made up something to make Eric believe he could be relevant. But Eric didn't believe any of them and dismissed Paul by shaking his head. When Paul realized that he had not convinced Eric, he began to tell something else. The subway they were in shook a bit.

Kurt and Lina were walking in a park. The kids weren't with them. The weather was quite calm; there was no wind or rain, it was hot but not enough to overwhelm people. It was just a little humid weather, that's all. Lina and Kurt were walking around the park under the trees.

"It's good, isn't it?" Kurt asked.

"So," said Lina, not quite sure what she was saying. "It's like I'm feeling better."

At this, Kurt realized that Lina had only said such a thing out of courtesy. Since re-talking what happened would only upset Lina, Kurt wanted Lina to do something else. "Shall I get you some ice cream?" Kurt asked, pointing to the ice cream counter across the street.

Lina couldn't miss this opportunity. Seizing the opportunity to have fun, Lina imitated Sophie and said, "Okay,", taking Kurt's arm. They started crossing the street together. At first there was no one in the street; however, as soon as they stepped onto the street, an elegant, luxurious-looking and long car in metallic black entered the street. He sped along the street and bumped into Lina and Kurt. Then he kept on without stopping, turned right and was out of sight.

...

When Kurt came to himself, he saw that he was surrounded by people looking at him with curious eyes. He realized that even though he could move his arms and legs, he was not strong enough to stand up. But, Kurt was still trying to get up. The people around him were just watching Kurt. Later, a man broke through the crowd around Kurt and came to him. The man had many tools on him, therefore he looked like a robot. The person who came was an emergency personnel. After this man's arrival, a robot assisting the man drove the crowd around Kurt away.

"Are you okay, sir?" the man asked.

"Perhaps," Kurt replied.

"Tell me your name and what month it is, please," the man pleaded.

"Kurt and we are in March," Kurt replied, as he must have found the questions too easy.

The man who got the answers shone a light into Kurt's eye, then asked him to follow a pencil with his eyes moving, and told the robot to bring a stretcher. When Kurt tried to stand up again, the paramedics stopped him and said it might be risky to get up. Trying to get up again, Kurt heard the same words again and decided that it might be helpful to do what the man said this time, as if a lot had changed in the three seconds between.

The robot had brought the stretcher to Kurt. Kurt, with the help of the medical personnel next to him, stood up and immediately lay down on the stretcher. On the right, they were putting another person in the ambulance. Kurt knew that it might be Lina who had been removed, so he grabbed the man next to him by the clothes and asked, "Do you know anything about my sister?" Kurt's speech was gentle and calm, although his movements were rather rude.

"Your sister?" the man asked. He didn't seem to be in a state of ignorance; he really didn't know who Lina was.

"The woman I had accident with," Kurt described her who she is.

"We took her first," the man replied immediately.

"What about the person who was taken to the hospital with us when we left?"

"Not only are you in an accident, sir."

Kurt tried to remember the moment the car crashed. Could the car crash be designed? How could Lina be badly injured and get over it easily? It was as if this 'accident' had targeted Lina. Maybe I should have asked. Was it an accident or a murder?