Lee wipes the palms of his hands on his trousers and asks, “Can I get some water first?”

  Bexy nods when he sees Sue looking at him, waiting for approval.

  Sue notices Raxen’s posture but doesn’t say anything as she passes by her and gives Lee some water. Lee thanks her once satisfied and Sue heads back to her chair.

  Lee leans back in the chair, takes a deep breath to relax, then, with his eyes closed, says, “You can start, Master Bexy.”

  Bexy nods his head then initiates the examination of Lee's cerebral cortex mapping to make sure that there is no deeper problem rooted in his brain.

  The helmet starts to give a small buzz; Lee sees some flashing lights. Unlike before, these ones are of a single colour.

  Then he feels a hand on his shoulder; as he opens his eyes, he finds the face of Sue looking down at him.

  “It’s okay, son, the test is finished.” She says, and Lee blinks his eyes as the chair starts to lift up.

  As Lee looks around, he sees through the glass wall; Raxen is seated in the chair again, and Bexy is looking over the data.

  “How long did it take?” Lee asks, looking up at his Mom.

  “It was only three minutes, hun,” says Sue with a smile. “Master Bexy is just checking to be sure, but it looks like we can go home!”

  Master Bexy taps on the glass wall, and on Lee’s side, the whole wall displays images, just like a computer screen. Bexy calls everyone to attention and starts to explain what the images stand for. As he points, on Lee’s side, the images get highlighted so he and Sue can follow along.

  “So in conclusion,” says Bexy at the end of the explanation, “there is nothing wrong with Lee. He is just like any other kid of his age; the only difference is his imagination.”

  “That is a relief,” says Kenji. “So we are clear to go home?”

  Bexy hesitates a bit before nodding; Doctor Jaborian notices this hesitation and asks, “Is there something that is bothering you, Master Bexy?”

  “In a way, but it’s late and it is nothing of health concern.” Bexy says with a smile. “So just let the family go home.”

  “What is it that is bothering you, Master Bexy?” asks Kenji.

  “Well,” Bexy starts, “it is just that with this imagination of his, I feel sorry I couldn’t use it to test the limits of the program.”

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  Fionna and Raxen can’t prevent giggles from escaping their lips.

  Bexy looks at them but decides to ignore them, so he continues. “So, if the parents don’t mind, I would like to run a quick test to see what the machine can do.”

  Kenji looks at his watch, then at his wife. “If we go now, we will get too much traffic, so we could let Master Bexy run the test as we wait for the traffic to subside.” His wife, Sue, nods.

  So, with that, Bexy turns on the program again and gives Lee full leverage to do what he wants, to literally test the full capacity of the program.

  Sakura, waking up, sees the images that look like her brother is playing some sort of augmented reality game and whines that she also wishes to play...

  With the consent of the parents, Bexy connects another helmet and puts it on Sakura.

  “Why is my image dark?” Sakura asks, looking around.

  “Just try to see the room,” says Lee, and Bexy, having the faster brain, notices that it is not as easy as Lee first made it look.

  Sakura starts to move her arms in front of herself, almost like walking in the darkness. “I try; it no work,” she says annoyed.

  Lee, being able to see his sister, laughs. “Imagine this: the dark image you see is like a dirty window or a curtain in front of you. Just clean the window or take the curtain away.”

  Sakura stops moving her arms, then slowly she starts—literally—moving her hands as if she is cleaning a window, and slowly the screen becomes more transparent.

  “Unbelievable!” exclaims Bexy, looking over Sakura’s brain activity. “Slowly her imagination cortex is getting more active!”

  “How do I get helper?” Sakura asks, looking and pointing to the little robot.

  Lee tries to scratch the top of his head but ends up hitting the top of the helmet; Sakura, seeing this, laughs.

  “I don’t know, Saki,” Lee says. “When I hear the voice talk, I think of him and he shows up.”

  Sakura thinks for a bit before saying, “So if I think of Lunaria, she comes here?” Sakura says, mentioning a character from an anime she likes to watch.

  Lee is about to speak but then there is a tune, identical to the one from the anime, followed by a smoke explosion; once the smoke clears away, the character is in its place.

  Sakura starts to jump with joy, then stops and looks at her brother. “Big brother, what is the time?”

  In response, the character Lunaria says, “It is now coming to six moonarians.” She says this as in the anime they say "moonarians" instead of "afternoon".

  “The show is about to start; I will miss the episode!” Sakura says exasperated, with a childish reaction like it is the end of the world.

  “But we don’t have a TV,” Lee says, opening his arms to indicate the empty room.

  “But if we can make them come...” Sakura says, indicating the robot and the anime character, “can we make a TV to see the episode?”

  Just then, a shimmering sound is heard coming from Lunaria; she pulls a wand out of thin air, then, with a shake, she projects a holographic TV that starts to show the anime.

  Meanwhile, Bexy is going into a mental breakdown.

  “How?” he exclaims. “The human brain is so powerful, even more so than our Brainiaxian brains! We could never imagine like this.”

  Half an hour later, when the episode finishes, Sakura is jumping around.

  Bexy manages to calm down, then says, “Lee, I have one request for you.” Lee looks at Bexy curiously. “I would like for you to try to imagine something impossible and make it happen.”

  Lee thinks for a bit, his five-year-old brain trying to decode what was asked of him. Then it hits him... He stands up, one hand holding the wrist of the extended one; then a ball of fire explodes to life on the palm of his hand. The flame is so lifelike that every one of the adults in the room looks from the screen to Lee’s actual hand to make sure that there is no flame on it.