No Sounds Made

Day Four

H0-P3 seems to be doing fine today, and she seems to be keeping herself entertained with her chalk. I have no idea where she could've seen that sunset, but maybe it was a dream or vision. I will ask her later, but for now, I have to see the king. He has been wondering about her for her whole life, and he want to hear about the progress I have made.

I decided to take note of what he thought as well, so maybe I could chart even more of her progress and reception.

I had walked up to the king, and he was expecting me, of course. "How is she doing?"

"I believe she is doing well. She has to take a break today from our stimulation though because she had an accident yesterday. Those pills really do work. She can separate her magic into its core parts, and she will be ready to show to you tomorrow."

The king seemed to think for a second. "Can I see her sooner? I want to see what she looks like."

"Why do you request this?" I wasn't sure what his intentions were. He had seen her while she was unconscious. "You've seen her before."

"I want to see her eyes. I want to see what she does with herself to keep herself occupied. I want to see how she's holding up."

"I don't believe that's a good idea. She's quite unstable and-"

"As your superior, I order you to let me see her. Let me see Hope."

"She doesn't have a name."

"I know that you named her Hope. That's what those numbers stand for."

"Just let me make sure she's safe first. Meet me at my office in thirty minutes."

I teleported to her cell, and was immediately shocked from what I saw. She had now made an entire mural on the right wall of her room of the sunset. Her hands were covered in chalk, and her clothes were too. The stains on the edges of her eyes were growing in size, and I knew that she hadn't taken the pill yet. The stains looked like triangles facing the direction of her ears.

She looked at me, and I was surprised that her sight had returned already. Her eyes were back to normal, and the array of colors were breathtaking.

I looked at the sunset. It looked so real, it was astonishing. The clouds were shaded perfectly, outlined with shades of orange and pink. The colors were vibrant and detailed. Orange and pink smoke came from her hands.She was drawing more of the blue sky before she sensed me. She looked panicked. Is this okay? I'm sorry if it's not. I just wanted to occupy myself while you were gone. She's using white letters to talk to me.

She still has made no sound. The font that she uses to talk to me is Arial. The letters swirled and danced in the air in front of me. "You're fine. We're having the king come today. We're going to hold off on your pill today until he's gone. Do you have any questions for me?"

Why does he want to see me early?

"He wants to see how you've been doing before he sees your magic. He ordered me to let me see you."

I should clean up... shouldn't I?

"I'll ask him before he sees you."

I know this is an odd question, but does he know I can't speak?

I had thought about that for a moment. What would he think about that? "No, but I'm sure it will be just fine. You'll do fine. If I need you to put on something fancy I will let you know. I just need to chart some things and meet up with him. Are you okay for a little bit longer?"

I'm nervous. What if this goes wrong?

"Don't be nervous. You'll do fine."

I walked back to my office, a little nervous as well. It seemed to be like there was going to be something wrong.