"Soft lips" was the first thought that came to my mind and then water flowed.
"Oh my god, oh my god, oh god"
I wasn’t the one making those exclamations it was Lisa and as I sat up and coughed up mouthfuls of water, I tried to understand what was happening.
Around me were a few people and they all had worried expressions as they looked at me.
I had never been in such a situation, being placed under so many stares, but I didn’t worry about that, because I found myself heaving out quite heavy breaths, the strong sensation of death still lingering in my body and mind.
"Are you alright" several voices asked but before I could even think of replying to them, a pair of hands, grabbed my face, the teary eyes of its owner looking at me.
"Are you okay," Lisa asked choking back a sob.
"Yeah, I’m fine Lisa, no worries."
Seeing that I was okay the people around dispersed with a few words, and Lisa who led me away from the beach, took me to a smoothie bar,
She pulled out a chair for me at the table and then we both sat, silence filled the atmosphere between us.
"How did you find me," I asked breaking the silence.
I had an idea what happened but I wanted to know it had been.
Lisa’s body jerked at my words and then letting out a sigh she spoke.
"I found you floating on the water, face down, you were passed out." She said and then made a sniff.
"I see"
The last thing I remembered was what I termed as echo, the world for about 1km had displayed in my mind and then darkness.
"I passed out, falling on the water and almost drowned to death." I thought with a powerful shudder.
It just hadn’t been a feeling. If not for Lisa I would have truly died. The fact that I had woken up to a mouth-to-mouth procedure laid out the truth before me and yet I still couldn’t believe it.
Everything, the knowledge I held, the billions in my name, my women, the promises I had made.
Denise’s and Valera’s hopeful and trusting expressions came to my mind, and Lucy’s disappearance stung my heart.
Sitting at the table, more than ever, I understood how much impact I currently had and held in numerous lives.
"System was I really going to die"
[Do you need oxygen to live? You’re a unique mortal, not a god]
Though the sarcasm stung a little, the answer was clear.
"Thank you" I silently let out.
"I’m still debating whether to slap you again or not, especially now that I see you are far from blind."
The woman took a few seconds to calm her mind and then spoke again
"You’re welcome."
Looking at Lisa, I could see that she just like me had been letting out heavy breaths.
"Must have been scary for you," I spoke.
"Of course, I reject a supposedly blind pervert, then out of pity come to check on him, only to find him floating on the water unconscious.
Don’t tell me you were trying to commit suicide because I refused you."
The hilarity of Lisa’s words made me look at her boobs and shake my head.
"They look like they have an amazing future, but I doubt even their prime self can make a man commit suicide."
"Hey, I just saved your life"
"I know, which is why I’m wondering if you’ll let me suck you them."
Lisa so far had proven that while she was still young, she was quite full of confidence, but my words made her jaw drop and she began looking left and right hoping no one had heard me.
"Are you for real?"
"Your boobs might not be causing suicide but they very well can make a man shameless."
Lisa’s eyes opened wide in shock and then her face tightened.
She sneered and without a word stood to her feet and turned to leave.
"Lisa" I called stopping her just as she made her first step."
With a gaze that could freeze, she turned to me and I couldn’t help but think that such a look was not fit for a woman so young.
"Seriously thanks, you saved my life.
Before you leave, would you mind me getting your contact" I said standing up, but all I got was a nastier sneer.
"Save your grubby fingers"
With these words she walked away and watching her ass, I pictured holding her waist while ramming her from the back.
Quickly I moved to the counter, where the man running the bar had been idly sitting.
"Do you know her?" I asked pointing at Lisa’s departing figure.
"No, any problem"
"Get me her identity and I’ll give you a thousand bucks."
The eyes of the man behind the counter brightened but then he looked at me skeptically.
"I’m super rich"
"I want $3000"
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"Alright," he said accepting defeat.
"I’ll be waiting here."
While the bartender went off, I sat on a stoop at the counter and let out a heavy breath.
My near-death experience had truly taken a lot out of me, but my spirits were not the least bit dampened.
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Sure death had nearly had me, but I was alive wasn’t I. While the fragility of my life had indeed been exposed, it only made me aware of how much more I needed to grow and that perhaps I should get a bodyguard.
"Fuck that was too damn stupid" I screamed in my head.
I had too much riding on me to die from drowning. The shame would make me walk straight to hell.
While waiting for the bartender, I saw no reason to be idle and hurriedly checked my mind looking to assess the situation.
A possible reason for me passing out on the water could have been exhaustion, but a look in my head showed that I still had a good quantity of energy left. Besides, the technique was named echo for a reason.
I wasn’t the one fueling the transmission of so much data to my head. My brain’s only work was to process it, and thinking this I got my answer.
"Data overload."
Nearly 1 km worth of information being fed to my head at once must have been a big shock to my brain.
"I wonder if I can repeat it,"
I went into thought for several seconds, cranked my head left and right and then after hesitating for several seconds, bit my lip and took auction.
Just letting out a burst of energy wasn’t what had enabled echo, my desire to see beyond what my body was capable of had been the game changer.
"Let me see"
This had been around the intent I subconsciously infused into the energy in my head before letting it out the last time and repeating it this time, though with less energy, a 3d picture of the world for about 100 meters around me was taken and put in my head and though this still had my brain ache a little, I smiled.
"Now, I just have to make the pictures be taken at a fast and continuous rate"
Unlike with my eyes, the information that appeared within my mind was digested at a much faster speed and I had just barely begun thinking about how to improve it when a scene within the 100-meter 3d image registered in my head and I immediately left the bar.