EARTH, VILLA NUMBER SEVEN It's been weeks since Murong Wuque fell out with Alvin. He was still sleeping on the water bed close to his makeshift workstation. He was still taking care of Aurelio like he was being paid to do it. Aurelio seemed to be getting closer to him with every waking day. Now Aurelio could sit up for prolonged periods, or try to grab things to stand. The spirit fruits and nutrients they were feeding him with was finally paying off, making him develop faster than most children his age. They seemed to have settled into a silent routine. Murong Wuque stays with the kid at night, while Alvin attends to whatever it was that needed his attention. Once it was nine in the morning, after he would have rested a bit, Murong Wuque would leave to go attend to his own schedule. Over the past few weeks, Alvin had moved his soldiers to the military district of their now completed permanent base. For weeks, the malice and silent treatment continued, not saying a word to