Arthur's eyebrow shoots up.
"Are you being cheeky with me?" He asks in disbelief. It's been a long time since she was cheeky with him. Lately, she was always smile politely and kept her distance from him.
If this is the result of having partially return memory, Arthur is grateful.
Theo's smile grows wide. He's having fun teasing the 'demon.' Serves you right for frightening me!
He shakes his head. "Of course not. You're imagining it. Now put me down on the bed."
Arthur stares at his sister with wide eyes. "You are being cheeky with me!" Thea's 180° change of attitude surprises him, yet he likes it. He likes it very much.
He puts Theo down slowly and gently on the bed. Then he fusses over the hand that's attached to the IV stand.
"You really okay?"
Theo nods. "I am now."
Then he notices a bracelet in Arthur's wrist. It's gold in color, with several colored stones imbued in it. The design is very intricate and beautiful.
From Thea's memory, he recognizes the bracelet. But the last time Thea saw it, was on drawings.
Arthurs follows Theo's line of sight. He smiles.
"Yes, Julian succeeded." He lifts his wrist to show Theo. "This is the first prototype that works. He has plenty defect products in his lab."
Theo looks at Arthur. "It works?"
Arthurs nods.
"Is that where your sword came from?" Theo remembers the sword that suddenly appeared in Arthur's hand.
Arthur smiles and nod again. He stands up and flicks his left wrist. A sword appears as he grips its hilt.
Theo is speechless. He only sees it in Thea's memories, but not real life. It's not a surprise for him, because he could do it too, and he didn't need any catalyst.
But the fact that people of this world can do it with the help of what they call 'Heartstone' is amazing.
Yes, Thea's world doesn't have magic. But sixty years ago, the first dungeon was discovered by a team of professors. The explorer team found and brought back, what they now called Heartstone.
After a lot experimentation, it was discovered that Heartstone has energy that can be harvested and this energy can be used to power up a lot of things in Thea's world. Thus, the era of Heartstone began.
Sixty years later, people cannot live without Heartstones. They used them in everything. Almost everything is powered up by Heartstones.
And Heartstones mining has become the number 1 industry that being sought out and the competitions are fierce.
Montrose Corporations is now one climbing up as of the biggest Heartstone mining companies in the world. And what give them an edge, Julian has found a way to further utilize Heartstones by molding them into everyday things.
Like this bracelet for example. No one else can make a bracelet that have a storage space like this.
"Wow. It's amazing that Julian can even think of making it."
Arthurs looks at him funny, before remembering that he might not remember. Yeah, don't need to remember old history.
"Well, the concept of spatial storage is nothing new. It's been done before, it's not like Julian invented an entirely new concept." Arthur decides to test Theo's memory.
Theo looks at him blankly. "It's been done before? But I thought the Heartstone's exploration was only sixty years ago?"
Arthur's guess was right. She doesn't remember.
"A very long time ago, we could use magic. Real magic. Not this cheap trick using Heartstone magic. But real raw magic. And they had spatial pouches."
Theo is dumbfounded. They had magic? His mind is reeling. This is new information for him. Thea doesn't remember it. Maybe not all of Thea's memories are successfully transferred? I can use this!
But back to the real magic business. Few seconds after Theo hears this, he could feel his power waking up. Impossible! I can feel may magic power. How?! Thea is not supposed to be magic wielder! I need to explore this further! I need to be alone!
Arthur thinks Theo's silent is because he's shocked. He is shocked, but not for the reason Arthur thought he is.
"So," Theo is gathering his thoughts. "You said no one can make things like this spatial bracelets before, correct?"
"Yes." Arthurs confirms. "Even now, there's only less than five of these bracelets exist. Julian and his team are having hard times in making them."
"You also said, that… that Heartstones allow us to use magic. In what way?"
Arthur can see that Theo is genuinely curious and not like before, asking questions to maintain politeness and a healthy dose of attention to the family business.
He drags a chair to sit and settles comfortably, and answers.
"So far, all the Heartstones replace are the battery part. The electricity parts. When it comes to normal humans…" Arthur stops.
Theo is confused. "Why are you stopping? Go on. I want to know."
"I know." He stands up. "It's better if I show you."
He takes out his phone out of his pocket and makes a call to his secretary, Sam.
"Bring me a tablet for Thea."
He turns to Theo. "Just wait a while. You'll understand better."
Theo can only nods. "Where's everybody?"
"Julian is back at the lab. He says he can't leave them too long. Mother is now in cleaning frenzy. Preparing you coming home. And Father is busy with his… business."
Arthur doesn't explain further. He believes Theo doesn't need to know that their father is training to go with their exploration team.
In less than five minutes, there's a knock on the door. And Sam enters. He is a young man in his early 30's. About 180cm tall, dark hair, dark eyes. He's wearing white long-sleeved shirt with tie. Black trousers and shoes. He's looking formal, smart, and very capable.
Arthur gives Theo the tablet. "This tablet, is using a very small Heartstone as the power. It would never run out of power or do we need to re-charge its battery like the old tablets."
He then proceeds to pick few videos for Theo to watch.
"Don't watch all of these in one go. I have to go back to work, but I'm not leaving the hospital. I'm just next door." He gives Theo a cellphone. "This is your phone. Call me if you need anything."
Theo bobs his head like a child. He's very eager to watch the documentaries.
Arthur starts to leave the room. Theo is watching him leave and he notices Sam is glancing at him and catches his eyes.
Sam startles slightly and quickly nods. "Welcome back, Ms. Montrose."
Arthur gives Sam a side glance. Sam notices this and immediately turns his gaze away from Theo.
Interesting. Theo thoughts.
When they both are out, he quickly plays the first video.