The Coño Boy 6: Ten Lifetimes With You

Chapter Thirty Seven: Drawers and Closets

Casa Alvize de Arrastia [Doña Mirza's]
Poblacion
San Angel
30 May 2019
1:21 pm

Drake's eyes open.

Migz: Hey... Are you okay na?

Migz asks while stroking Drake's hair.

Drake: Mmm-Hmmm...

He struggles a bit with the light coming in through his eyes as he adjusts himself on the bed to lean onto the wrought iron frame behind him.

Doña Mirza: Would you like some water, Drake?

Doña Mirza asks.

Drake: Please?

Migz pours him a glass. Doña Mirza had called for Andeng to bring in water after Drake had slipped into unconsciousness after crying in Migz's arms after he was helped onto the bed with the light blue bed linens.

He drinks.

Drake: Sorry if I made you worry.

He says as he hands back the glass to Migz.

Migz: Gusto mo bang bumalik na muna sa bahay?

He asks.

Drake shakes his head.

Drake: I'm good —I think— I just need to get my bearings.

He takes a look around the room.

Doña Mirza: Drake, how did you know where to find the key to the automata?

She asks while looking intently at him.

Drake: Voices.

Doña Mirza and Migz exchange looks.

Migz: May narinig ka na namang mga boses?

He asks.

Drake: That's how I was able to figure out the dome music box thingy.

He explains as he turns to look at the glass vitrine on the table to his left.

Migz: May nag-bigay ng instructions?
Migz questions him further.

Drake: No. I could hear two guys talking.

He says as he keeps staring at the galleon within the glass vitrine.

Doña Mirza: Are they the same voices like those in your dreams?

Drake turns to her before answer her question.

Drake: No po. They're different. These two voices just now— they're here— I mean parang I'm here pero I'm there as it was happening then. How do I explain it?

He struggles to explain what he just experienced.

Doña Mirza: Don't over-exert yourself.

Migz: Ano pong tawag ninyo dito, Abu?

Migz asks while looking at it closely.

Doña Mirza: It's called an automata, Miguel.

She tells him.

Migz: Automata?

Drake takes out his phone, unlocks it, and swipes to open a search app.

Migz: How long has it been here?

He asks.

Doña Mirza: As long as I can remember. Bata pa lamang ako, narito na 'yan sa cuarto ni Matthew. Parang natagpuan niya yan sa bodega noon at hiniling na dalhin rito sa caniyang cuarto.