Chapter 9 (1/2)
KS Chapter 9
”You know, one mistake and that hard head of yours will be s out the helives up and wears the head protection: a silver hel; antennas like Walkie Talkies to the sides; bulging eyes that look like fat elongated tomatoes about to burst; and a carved nose and lance, the wearer looks like some type of retarded alien It isn't easy to convince anyone to wear the helmet ”Now, listen closely Try to concentrate Now fly the province of Palawan near Bicol so that the shape of the Philippines looks neater”
Tessa lets out a cough to reht be losing his temper
”Ok, let's do this instead Feel your surroundings Take a deep breath…do you feel a sense of ielio while biting his fist in a pretend cough just to stop his laughter
”None,” Rogelio ansers fro I' your ass”
”And why are you teaching Rogelio anyway,” Tessa asks ”Have you trained in beco a superhero before?”
”Nope But I was the one that taught ET to not poop inside the house Right, Rogelio?”
Rogelio doesn't answer He stares at the far end of the gigantic lot where a subdivision will be raised He opens and closes his fingers inside the gray gloves He feels the leather looking, rubber like fabric of his clothes, comfortable wear that reaches from his neck to his ankles and covers his whole arm
”Bok-bok, please tell elio suits him,” Tessa excitedly asks
”The silver's nice, like meatloaf wrapped in aluht, the zipper's not obvious, I don't see any stickers or price tags—”
”The sun?”
”What sun?”
”The sun in the hely'”
”Ah, that's a sun? I didn't know…hehehe It looks good, he looks like Philippine Airlines”
Tessa just s ”The boots?”
”Chuck Taylor Converse All-Stars, black, but looks white from all the dirt, the laces are worn out, and you know it selio doesn't wash his shoes”
”Sneakers? You didn't see any boots in the box?”
”Nope We already turned the box over All that ca card for a er in Binondo”
”My, I' shoes with the bodysuit”
”There wasn't But that's alright, Rogelio's really pulling off the la? A telephone Like the ones Ja a small telephone that has a camera, radio, calculator, calendar, and other trivial stuff”
”And ill you call it?”
”Telephone¹”
The busy Rogelio looks at theht outside the helmet?”
Bok-bok's jaw drops ”N-No…why?”
”There's an LED light inside here”
”Rogelio, are you hearing yourself right now?” Bok-bok asks in aain”
”Why, are you not hearing me clearly?”
Bok-bok explains that Rogelio sounds like a robot with aa deep and soft ”wheonnngk” feedback rings out in the end
”Tessa, are you sure this helmet didn't come from some other planet?”
”I don't know My grandht that was a TV, so she didn't want to use it She thought it was going to explode like the rice cooker we didn't knoas a 110”
”This helmet?”
”Yup,” the girl laughs
Rogelio notices the coht's not blinding, the view fro red and looking like a housefly's So like an autofocus fixes the visibility of the surroundings, whether its too dark or too bright He also clearly hears his surroundings because of the button like speakers near his ear When he turns his head, the receiver goes stronger which sharpens his already excellent hearing
”Is it battery operated?” Tessa asks ”Bok-bok tried it on too”