Chapter 2 - Who Did Sister Talk To? And Where Did Lan Go?

Jessica says excitedly:"Sister look! Lan got me a green apple!" while letting out a heart shatteringly adorable chuckle, "didn't Laniakea owe you 2 bronze?" says the nun "well we should go inside the others prepared dinner." while two fancily dressed people approach, "oh and Laniakea can you read finish the fairytale I couldn't finish last night for the others." Jessica is slightly confused but then remembers and says while walking inside:"I forgot you're able to read because you keep telling the guards you can't, why do you do that?" "Jess you're too pure for this world did you already forget how dangerous these streets are, you can already hear from all over town that children get kidnapped left and right imagine what they'd do if they found out a child could read, so also stop telling other people that I can read too!" says Laniakea with a slightly annoyed and concerned expression but then thinks to himself:" I'm glad I didn't tell her I can write too, I won't ever think of even mentioning math to her her small brain would explode." while letting out a small sigh. They both arrive inside the dining hall of the orphanage, maybe calling it a hall too much it's a little smaller than a usual dining hall but it's small and comfortable. Jessica and Laniakea sit down and start eating their food Jessica says with the biggest smile on her face:"Lan, Lan look they made my favorite! It's mashed potatoes with VEGGIES!!!." Laniakea looks outside the window and sees the sister talking to the two men and wonders what they're talking about "well who cares I'll just go back and continue reading my book after I finish my food, I just need around 2000 calories a day to survive anyway. Laniakea finishes his food and says:" Jess I'm gonna go know." Jessica says while pouting:" you always go somewhere after eating, why can't i ever find you! You have to promise me to come back before night and read us the fairytaal." "it's fairytale." says Laniakea, "you know I have problems saying that word don't bully me." exclaims Jessica while slightly blushing. "sure, sure I'll be back." says Laniakea while sprinting away in order for Jessica not to be able to catch up, he goes through the back door and turns left at a tree with a claw marking then right at a snow bark (a small tree with a patch of bark as white as fresh pure snow) then he goes up the dark tree around 2 trees next to the snow bark. He climbs up the dark tree it is truly a perfect spot as when on top of the tree it has enough space for him to fit completely, being unable to be seen from below as the shading of the leaves completely hides him from below but with perfect lighting as the leaves on the very top of the tree let down a wonderful sunshine through the leaves. Laniakea puts his hand inside a abandoned squirrel nest and pulls out a book titled "do you know how amazing the human body is" he opens the books and starts muttering some of the books content "red blood flows through the veins which looks like a tube a baker uses to frost his creations, this blood carries oxygen provided by the inhaled air to the muscles on different parts of the body." Laniakea is so engrossed in the book that it's content reflect of his blue eyes as endless as the sky but as deep as the ocean, he comprehends every single word making sure not to let even a single piece of information slip like a sponge dunked in a thick liquid not letting go of anything. He reads and reads and reads finishing the whole book but then he looks around and notices it's already past the time he promised to meet with Jessica, panicking he quickly ran back but because of how dark it was he had trouble finding back and... *bang* he slipped on something and fell into a unknown liquid "wha-what is this this definitely wasn't here before! Is-is this a pond!"