1 Lucas

That afternoon was very calm. A man with a height of about 5 ft 10,8 in, with a normal weight for someone who has no muscles and fat. The shape of this man's face is oval with a strong jaw, his two large eyes are light blue, with a sharp nose, and normal-shaped lips are orange. He has a hairstyle that is shaped like the American style. He has a tan skin tone, aesthetic brown.

The man was standing in the middle of the barren field, he was staring at the very beautiful evening sky, and it made the man who was standing there develop a sweet smile on his face. As if at this time he felt very happy when the sun was going to sink. The wind that blew against his body felt so cold that it stabbed into his bones.

It only took ten minutes for the man to watch the afternoon sun sink completely, and after seeing the sun sink completely, the man decided to go home from there. With a basket filled with vegetables that had been harvested by him in the spacious garden beside the barren field.

The man walked over to a small old house not far from where he was. The house is the man's residence.

"I am home!" said the man when he entered the small house,

The house is made of old wood, and the floor is made of wood which is paved with pottery. The house looks a little dusty, only with a mattress, small table, rocking chair, bathroom, and kitchen.

"Lucas ?? Is that you ?? " Asked an old man who appeared from behind the bathroom door, himself came out of the bathroom and walked with limping over to the young man who had just entered their house.

"Yes, Grandpa… Lucas came home with the vegetables he harvested in the garden today. " The young man named Lucas replied to his grandfather who now seemed to be smiling and walked slowly towards the rocking chair near the bed.

After Lucas answered his grandfather's question, he immediately put the vegetables he harvested into the basin and started washing them clean, he smiled again when his grandfather turned on his old radio which was located not far from the little nightstand next to his rocking chair.

As usual, they always listen to the news through the radio, because that is the only channel that can be found in their environment. Country radio that always plays classical music which is very out of date. Even so, Lucas was still happy because he could still see the smile of his grandfather who had always cared for him until he grew up.

"Grandpa… today I'm going to make potato soup and tomato soup for dinner, do you want it? " Lucas asked his grandfather who was still sitting on his rocking chair.

That question made his grandfather chuckled softly as he said, "Whatever we get, there's no need to refuse, Lucas ... Just make it all up, I'll eat it and enjoy the whole meal with pleasure." The answer from his grandfather made Lucas smile again, he began to prepare everything he needed to make the soup.

It took about half an hour for Lucas to finally finish his activities in cooking soup, he brought the dish to his grandfather to eat together.

"Soup The potatoes and tomatoes are ripe, Grandpa… Would you like to eat them warm? " Lucas bargained to the Grandpa, and it made Lucas's grandfather shake his head as he said,

"Before that, I have something to tell you, Lucas, sit down! " Said his grandfather, giving the orders to Lucas. Hearing that order, of course, Lucas nodded his head, he put the bowl of soup on the table and then sat right in front of his grandfather who was sitting on his rocking chair.

Lucas sits on wooden pottery that has been set on the floor so that it is not too cold if winter arrives. Lucas stared at his grandfather with curiosity, and it made his grandfather smile softly in silence. It was as if he'd been quiet for a while so that Lucas would feel even more curious about waiting.

"Grandfather?? What do you want to say ?? " Lucas asked himself who was now laughing and nodding his head slowly, he looked at Lucas who was staring at him with wide eyes.

"The thing that all I want to talk about is you, Lucas! " His grandfather said to Lucas, and it certainly made Lucas frown even more curious about what Grandpa would say.

"You are a different child ..." Said his grandfather again, and it made Lucas nod his head yet to understand that, "I said that you are a special child, right ??" Asked his grandfather again, and the question made Lucas nodded in agreement, remembering the time when his grandfather had said that before.

"Yes… You have said that to me many times, but… What do you mean by a different child ?? Am I someone who looks abnormal?? " Lucas asked his grandfather, even now he got up from his seat and checked all his bodies. He checked his hands, feet and even touched his handsome face as if he was responding that the word 'different' meant by his grandfather was a physical abnormality that had happened to him.

Seeing that his grandfather smiled as he shook his head and also said, "No, Lucas ... It's not a physical abnormality I mean!" Hearing his grandfather's explanation made Lucas understand it and then sat back in his place, trying to listen to his grandfather again.

"You ... Lucas, I knew you were a different kid ever since I found you." Said the Grandpa who returned to explain, of course, it made Lucas nod his head, as if he already knew that he was the child found by his grandfather, and not part of the original family of his grandfather.

"When you were little, I always lost you for quite a long time… It made me feel worried about it. But you will come back after a long disappearance with you bringing me strange things that we will never be able to find here! " Said his grandfather, and it made Lucas start trying to remember when that time happened.

When Lucas was trying to remember it, his grandfather now bent a little and grabbed an old tin box that was lying under the nightstand beside the rocking chair. It was a box that Lucas didn't know about, with evidence that Lucas was surprised when his grandfather took the box out of it.

His grandfather handed the box to Lucas, "Open it ... That is the item you brought when I found you and when you disappeared from my sight when you were a child." Said his grandfather to Lucas. Lucas paused, staring closely at the box.

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