Chapter 20: As a Man Thinketh

Chapter 20: As a Man Thinketh

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?

James Allen

For quick success sometimes you just need to ask Why repeatedly. At least that's what I have discovered regarding opening the dreaded door.

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I'm talking!

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I'm talking!

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My vocabulary is limited and trying to keep things simple anyway but I now have enough to understand roughly what is being said and respond in kind.

I could have been talking a while ago, if it was in English, Spanish, German, French, or Japanese. But I have only just learned enough of my new lingua franca to understand and be understood in return.

However, the most important word for me so far has been what.

"What this?"

" A door."

"What this?"

"The floor."

"What this?"

"A loom."

Aliyah and Aleera (My mother and sister) are happy to answer my morning routine of questioning as much as I can within the room. Mainly because once I run out of what questions they know what is coming next, why!

"Can I out?" I ask in my cutest voice.

"No." my mother responds.

"Why?" I ask curiously.

"You are too young," she answers.

"Why?" I ask confused.

"Because you are only 9 months old," she explains.

"Why?" I ask crossly.

"Because you are too small." she calmly replies.

"Why too small?" I expand my vocabulary slightly.

"Because you are supposed to be a baby." she exhales.

"Granpa Smit out" I argue.

"Because he looks after you." she remonstrates.

"Why Aleera Kai out?" I offer.

"Because Aleera is busy." she points out, motioning at Aleera.

"Why Aleera busy?" I question.

"Because she is helping spin thread." she

"Why spin?" I shrug.

"To help mother." she exasperatedly answers.

"Why not Kai?" I point out. "My turn."

"Because she is busy, Kai!" She moans.

I know this isn't the best way to go about getting what I want but it is effective and I am limited by my vocabulary and lexicon in arguing my case anyway. Besides whoever heard of a 9-month-old arguing.

The "Why" question is a well-known technique that all children pick up to pester their parents with. I'm simply a little earlier and more pointed in my practice.

I will get there eventually once mother makes a mistake with her weaving from answering my questions she will let us go.

Aleera actually likes being let out of the house too.

But never asks for it.

You can get away with a lot when you are younger.

Mind: 15

Clarity: 12

Magic: 13

Free Points: 20

Skills: Humming (Lv 5) Swimming (Lv 4) Singing (Lv 2)

Skill experience: 500

My stats are still improving as I have grown over the last couple of months and I managed to add another trait when my mind reached 100.

Mind reached 100 before age 1 awarded the trait, Fast Learner.

I was hoping for something similar to when my vitality reached 100 before turning 1. So was thrilled to see this. I haven't quite worked out its impact on my learning but with some new skills hopefully, I will be able to see a difference in the speed of leveling or time it takes me to get them.

The surprise came afterward.

Mind reached 100 before age 1 awarded Hidden Resource Psi: 1000

That was a shock.

It looks like not all resources are available for everyone.

No matter the quizzing verbally or mentally the system refuses to give me any more information other than the usual any time I try to allocate my free points.

It still says.

Status locked for 151 months

Does this mean there are other Hidden Resources available? What are they and how do I get them? Maybe others don't have the Magic stat and the resource of Mana. Once again I am limited by my understanding of this world. Are there hidden stats? Like Charm or Luck?

The next challenge is to see if I can get my Senses stat up to 100 before I turn 1. Doubt I will be able to do it as I only have 3 months left but nothing ventured nothing gained.

True Status

Level: 9

Name: Kai

Experience: 66,300/ 102,400

Age: 9 month 3 week 5 days 10 hr 0 min

Health: 1050/1050 Stamina: 470/470 Mana: 370/370 Psi: 1000

Trait: Long lived, Fast Learner,

Vitality: 105

Endurance: 18

Strength: 18

Dexterity: 18

Senses: 45

Mind: 100

Clarity: 33

Magic: 37

Free Points: 10

Skills: Time sense (LV 16) Listening (LV 15) Meditation (LV 15) Sense Mana (LV 15) Swimming (LV 15) Eavesdrop (LV 15) Memorisation (LV 15) Echolocation (LV 15) Recall (Lv15) Composition (Lv 15) Mind fortress (Lv 15) Expel Mana (Lv 15) Absorb Mana (Lv 15) Mana Drain (Lv 6) Pain tolerance (Lv 5) Humming (Lv 15) Sneak (Lv 15) Whistling (Lv 15) Singing (Lv 15) and Drumming (Lv 15) Piano (Lv 15), Violin (Lv 15), Trombone (Lv 15), Saxophone (Lv 15) Running (Lv 5), Acting (10), English (Lv 10), Spanish (Lv 10), Japanese (Lv 10), German (Lv 7), French (Lv 5) Linguistics (Lv 10) Translation (Lv 10)

Skill experience: 17,300

Origin experience: 10,000

Combat experience: 0

Crafting experience: 0

Level 10

Why?

Why not?

Why not me?

Why not now?

Let's get cracking.