nurse would be in charge of him, but the voice came as if Davi were submerged in a river, so he blacked out and slept for the rest of the day.

Davi did not realize how many days passed. Every day a nurse, Damasceno, would come, ask some questions and give Davi some medicine. Salomão did not come every day. Losing track of the days, the idea of ​​going home was less and less frequent, until Davi no longer thought about it.

Other thoughts came to haunt Davi. His community on fire, the smell of smoke, the screams, his mother just one more body on the count. Davi wasn't there, but the dreams seemed more and more real, and some days he woke up screaming. After that, some strange ideas surrounded Davi's foggy mind, something about revenge, and a big plan, and changing the world.

One day, Davi was sitting on a terrace, talking animatedly with Salomão, as if they had been friends for many years. Salomão explained concepts about evolution and how it would be possible to expand the capacity of powers to a new level. Davi listened fascinated. Salomão's eyes always shining, one ruby ​​eye, one golden.

"What's your power?" – Davi asked, something he hadn't paid attention to so far.

“I can see the future.” – Salomão said, looking a little embarrassed. – “But I can only see the future of other people, and only if I look into their eyes.”

“That's why you're a doctor!” – Davi concluded. – “It must be very useful, you can save a lot of people with its power.”

“Yes, that's how I used to think too.”

Both were silent. Which was a rare thing. When another thought hit Davi. What is my power? Davi then felt a twinge in the back of his neck, and the thought faded.

Days turned into weeks, and months. Davi just knew he was in the hospital. And that Salomão was his friend. The nurse still came every day for check-ups. Salomão also came to pick him up and take him to the garden, or to the terrace, where they spent hours talking.

Salomão one day told Davi about a project called Cerberus. He explained to Davi about the shackles of the New Government and how it affected the Turras.

“I mean…” - Davi was pale. – “They did that on purpose? How could they! Why kill so many people?”

Davi couldn't believe what Salomão had told him, but it made sense, with Salomão's voice echoing in his mind, Davi came to understand more and more how Cerberus could work. They could create a new world where everyone would have an ability or power.

Without realizing it, Davi agreed with everything Salomão said, and more and more Davi got lost in who he was, or who he should be.

Davi no longer had nightmares. Now his dreams were filled by a room of mirrors. Memories appeared in the mirrors, and every time the boy got close, the mirrors broke into pieces. In his dreams, Davi always tried with all his might to pick up the pieces and assemble the memories, but every dream he gave up a little, until he didn't try anymore, and all that existed in the white space of his memory was shards.

Then, Salomão gave his last instruction to Davi.

Davi woke up from a strange dream. In his room, in Setemptrionalem's dormitory, the boy remained dizzy, his last memory was...

“What was it again?”

“It should be what you saw in the last class, right, Davi?”

“Not that Lucas, I remember that, I was speaking from before that.”

“Before you were in class, what happened to you man?”

“You're good for nothing, huh? I’m talking ‘bout before I joined Setemptrionalem...”

“Oh, I know what's going on!”

“What?”

“It's because you're getting old. The voice chuckled in her head.”

“Oh yes. Twenty years.” –

But Davi didn't remember the last two years. Or even before that. His last memory was... a tiara of wild flowers, and the face of his best friend.