Time passed.
Alex was now 6 months old and could walk now. After what happened previously, his mother and sister worked tacitly to protect him. Lucy would be behind Alex to catch him if he were about to fall and Lilith would be squatting and opening her arms for Alex to come. He could now understand almost everything they used to say. He couldn't get any information about what world he was in or his circumstances. All he could listen to were loving and warm words from his mother and sister to him. He realized that his mother and sister both loved him very dearly.
Alex was now 1 year old and he could speak well but in a very baby-like and childish voice and grammar. Even though he tried, he couldn't change his baby accent as his vocal cords weren't well developed yet. So he let it go and spoke only when needed. Currently he was finishing his meal which was milk from his mother's breast.
After finishing his meal, he stood up and made his way down the bed. Lilith as usual made sure he safely got down from the bed. The bed was high for him and he had to make a little jump down to get to the floor. Her worries never eased even when he successfully and safely landed for the nth time unlike the first time he tried and almost fell butt down but she once again catched him. He couldn't understand how she was fast but chose to be ignorant that time. But now was different. He was eager to know more about the world he was in. He wanted to understand his circumstances and the best way to do that was to first understand how to read and write. Furthermore, he could then read books about general knowledge and understand everything.
He couldn't go around asking her mother to tell him general knowledge now, could he? He's a one-year-old baby and babies shouldn't ask such complicated questions.
So he made up his mind and did the best thing he could. He did a cute little walk and came in front of a bookshelf in his mother's bedroom. He hasn't left the bedroom for a whole year. His mother never took him out and he too was so busy playing with her boobs and cuddling that he didn't mind either. His sister used to come regularly and play with him so he didn't find himself lonely either.
Now he was standing in front of the bookshelf and he pointed to a book that he couldn't get and looked at his mother and said "Mama" to which she understood what he was implying and she picked him up and walked in front of the bookshelf and said "My baby, do you want mama to read you a book?" To which he shook his head and she got confused a little. He then said "Mama. Alex. Read. Book. Himself." He said it word by word like a baby hoping she got what he wanted to say.
Lilith was again a little confused and so she asked, "Dear, do you want to read a book by yourself?" to which he nodded cutely.
"Oh. Okay. But do you know how to read?" To which he shook his head and she somehow got the gist of it. She finally said "Oh so do you want mama to teach you how to read?" Which was what he wanted to hear the most and finally nodded like a pecking hen. Lilith was a bit surprised. He was just one year old and he wanted to read books. Which baby does things like that? But she quickly stopped thinking this and started thinking of ways to teach her only son how to read. He made his first request to her and she would act like a good mother and fulfill it. She never let go of any opportunity to spoil him because she loved him very dearly. Heck, she even spoils her daughter very much to this day even. But now that her son was born she paid more attention to him.