The sum of money was relatively large about a few months of income of the man, he then agrees, he wasn't exactly enthusiastic taking money from a kid but not exactly a good person to show some pity.
The money was hidden under a tree, and the tree is the grave of their parents. Sunny dug quite deep to hide the money. The place felt abandoned due to how hard life in the outskirts has been and will continue to be much difficult in the future.
No one really likes to meddle with corpse especially when it's basically outskirts people having no valuables or anything else.
It started from the death of their mother, the little sister wasn't aware of what was happening but the brother was already old enough to understand.
Their mother slowly died from sickness caused by malnutrition, even then the mother made sure the orphanage is aware of the siblings. Soon people came handling her funeral and took the kids to the orphanage.
Sunny was never the same after their mother's death. The father was a mechanic, like the many others, he died managing a huge air filter for the a small portion of the city.
Being a mechanic, one of the benefits is the help of the orphanage if something happened. The orphanage can't always take children from the streets so few was taken in. The parents new the life expectancy is extremely low in the outskirts. They knew their fate already but not their children, so everything is for them.
"A city made from cities." It's what the father had always described the place they live in. Sunny had heard it so much the he wanted to hear other stories, specifically involving the awakened.
Yet accidents happen. On the father's death, Sunny wasn't shocked or sad simply confused. In time he was able to understand what had happened, but the next time it happened again it changed him.
"Vivid, it's soo vivid. Their faces. Why does it feel like they're still here... but they're gone! This is horrible."The sobbing child who recently lost their mother. Curled on the corner of a room, while his sister sleeps on the bed, unaware of the turmoil her brother is experiencing.
The brother realize he was different, extremely sensitive to cruelty, a memory far surpassing every adult in the orphanage. He concluded that he is cursed to continue remembering the cruelty of life.
"I'm cursed." he mutters as his mind slowly fade, sleeping on the floor.
The following day came two people, taking Rain away.