“Ignorance is not a bliss, it’s a shame” he anointed
his thought again and whenever his mom would say that line. For Gustav, he
wanted to explore the littlest bits of this universe or rather he had to
traverse the knowledge, because he had been the only life support of his
paralyzed parents for 7 long years. His parents had long suffered the
catastrophic attack by his mom’s rivals, while working on her theories of fluid
dynamics, as she had jump started the invention of the submarine, but never
made it through. Though they were successful in harming them but they weren’t successful
in acquiring those models and theories and were even resisted from fleeing by
the nearby police department.
Though Gustav had only seen 12 springs by then, he
tried his best not to make his bed-ridden parents feel the pain. His mom,
Aleida, had a very instrumentally like tuned voice which always made him
dissolve and melt in her arms. She always told him, “your brain son, it is the
best gift you’ve got, don’t let it remain barren, cultivate it”. As for
Gustav’s dad, Alan, he could barely speak by now. Gustav from his 7th
year itself was fond of science, maybe his mom was one of the reason behind it.
It made him stupendous in his work, as describes the small ‘Electromagnet’
which he made when he was 10 and not to forget his so called ‘Steam-Boat’ when
his was 12.
The small wood work for keeping books, which his mom
made, was the most beautiful past time for Gustav when he left his High School
2 years ago. His wheatish color, windy hairs, strong hands and a tall footy
appearance made him, not good looking, but different from everyone. And besides
Science, he loved playing football, as he was good in it too. The only thing
that made him cry was his mom’s unfinished dream, and he had vowed to himself to
finish it, just to see the smile and happiness on his parents’ face. This dream
always made Gustav keep going even if it meant his last breath. One more self-attaching
soul, which always kept him from getting scattered, and kept him as one luminous
object, was of a girl, Cassandra. Gustav knew her from past 3 years, the
so-called mysterious girl, from his high school, as she never shared any of her
thoughts with anyone and always remained self-conserved. But to describe her,
she was really beautiful, her kind of long, pale-whitish face, thin-ish appearance
made her looks. Not to forget, the glasses which she wore all the time, as a
remedy for her Myopia, made her look more beautiful, rather to say, they made a
couple. Her intelligence made her stand tall even more.
Gustav and Cassandra happened to join in a project, as
both were left alone because of their self-conserved behavior. But when they
came together, it was a similar phenomenon we see, how two negatives make one
positive and they actually got mingled with each other, all thanks to science. Unlike
Gustav, Cassandra didn’t leave her schooling, as she had her mother and her
younger sister to feed. Cassandra seldom left Gustav alone, as each of them was
the only one, who knew the other very well. She always made it a point to meet
him on Gustav’s evening stroll down the hill and sometimes even visiting his
parents. Gustav also told her about the place he used to see repeatedly in his
dreams, which consisted of a fountain on a brick road and a yellow night lamp,
concluding, that it was always night and how it frightened him always,
sometimes him also leading to excessive sweating. But as by Cassandra’s
approach, he always used to get calmed, and the way she used to relate his work
with his this dream, it never made him feel secluded. Cassandra also made it a
point to tell him about the new things she learned in the school, but sometimes
in vain, because Gustav was well furnished with science, thanks to the
lucrative scientific books his mom had amassed.
Gustav had started working on the Sub-marine model from
past 1 month. This also resulted in him missing his usual evening walk, as he
had to concentrate on his parents and even on the model, so Cassandra used to
make his days better. Gustav usually used to refer to Cassandra by another
name, ‘Thunder’; he used to tell her, that she is his ‘Super-Power’ and it is
the Thundering effect, which dominates all the others, all for her smile, because
he knew, even she’s got to do many things. The bond between the pair grew stronger,
helping each other, rather to be exact a one-sided help from Cassandra, but she
was happy with Gustav, she got beautiful pleasure helping him and spending time
with him.
Things were getting better for Gustav, as to have a
lovely friend and her help. But one day, Cassandra didn’t arrive; Gustav
thought she might be busy with her school work. This kept on repeating for several
days. It’s now been 10 days since her word; Gustav felt uneasy, because she didn’t
even had her exams. The thought grew grave in his mind and he decided to walk
to her place..
