In the morning of heaven [Silica]

As Sam would watch Silica wake up calmly, he was surprised, to say the least with the constant light almost 'cat-like' purring from the mermaid that he could hear that he assumed to be her snoring.
He would be surprised, to say the least before then sighing to himself, heating up the food that was placed on the table as he would pick up the small bowl of soup that was made along with a few pieces of bread and a spoon.

"She seems to have made this for you, using the circulation of energy I have heated it up a bit better than a microwave but do not take it too quickly, let the warmth slowly wake you up." As he would grab a chair to keep himself in one place to not move around too much while dropping a kitchen towel onto her hand to wipe the cream away.

"I was planning to prank you, to get revenge for making me do a good task, but I am just not in the mood right now, so eat your breakfast, the rest is waiting at the table, but I will make this your relaxation day for now okay?" As he started radiating a strangely fatherly aura from within as he kept an eye on her before turning back around to the table, shuffling his chair silently around as he did not want to wake the oversized woman that was sitting on one end of the room, as she seems to have been keeping an eye on you to protect you from nightmares for quite a while.

"Darn, she just passed out eh..." Sam would say, as it would take a moment but he did mean that regarding the mermaid as he would start the tap in the back, turning on the warm water while starting to clean some pots and pans, a small light burning near the kitchen part of this room they were in as everything seems to be based around an almost single to three-room set up.
A few candles that had once gone out, lit once again near the sleeping location of Silica.

As Sam realized how she had reacted to his point, he would simply crumple up the newspaper that he had gotten before wanting to shout at her, knowing that he shouldn't be raising his voice against another person before taking a deep breath.
He would simply place his hand on the table, not slamming it but pressing it down while manifesting five potions at each tip of his finger before wires would be ejected from his fingertips.
Wrapping around the bottles as he would slowly start to manipulate them, moving them into the air as if they were dancing, making the wires thinner and thinner until they wouldn't be visible in the least as he would walk onto the table, stepping into the air as he didn't drop as quickly as he should, wires having attached themselves to multiple objects as the room creaked a little when he would slowly walk down to keep eye contact with her.

"You do not sound very excited, happy, or jolly about the fact that there was somebody willing to help." As he dropped himself down to his own behind onto the wires, bouncing in the air in front of Silica.
Crossing his legs while placing his elbows on his knees, resting his head onto his palms as he would arch his back, as if trying to look smaller, before then simply sighing.

"Did you know that I have a really weird story myself? But I haven't heard a story from you in the least, did I?" As he would move the potions down to eye level, having them slide between the two as two of them would clank together and create a small spark of energy before it would remain levitating in the air itself.

"You see, I come from a place where you can meet life and death itself, a place where you can bring back people.
A place where it is forbidden to speak these words, yet when a traitor stabbed me in the back and ended me up in a human body, reincarnated as the epitome of good-natured luck, I am left suffering alone."

"So, What is so wrong about telling your own issues, I will share you any bit of information I can about the dark world of the mafia, killers, other people.
But I just want to know what your deal is with trying to seem to be in such spirit when a person is willing to help you offer a home because I do not hear you complain about wanting to go back home."

Straightening his body, he would catch his feet on the ground as he would then turn his head slightly to the right before leaning on a few wires, almost hanging dangerously close to the ground as he could easily be kicked over.

"Is something wrong with your family, this is not something I can fix with ease, and above all, there is probably an obvious reason why I should not stick my nose in this, but I am anyway. So speak up." His tone starting to grow heavier as he would speak in a darker tone, akin to a man who had much more mass than he had. "Speak. Child."

Listening to it, Sam would sit there, just staring at the table before feeling his face morph figuratively into a demons face.
The energy that he was emitting wanting to burst outwards, wanting to ravage the entire area as the energy he was holding back this entire time became thick strings of Ki.

An energy that he was vaguely getting a grasp on, a power that he was trying to develop and master, instead found itself in his own bowels destroying himself from the inside out before letting out a deep breath.
This figurative pain of developing more control via his emotional outburst was beyond belief...

His eyes closing for a moment before he would calm himself down, the cup that he was holding in his hand made out of metal cracking instantly and becoming a thin strip of metal that was misshapen heavily, the burning coffee searing his own hand as he remained silent as large droplets started to form.
He could ask her if she grew from it if it changed her, but when he gazed at this lady that was growing from such past and kept herself this fragile, he couldn't even let a single inspirational word escape his throat.

"I am not special like you." He would say, starting his conversation in a simple manner as he gazed at his burned hand, picking the metal shards away while using his manipulation of threads to clean the table rapidly before it would leave stains...

"I was tricked into becoming what I am now, I experienced my own birth, I had everything that was going to turn me, into well, me..." As he would take a few deep breaths to not make it too obvious that he was near to tears from what she had been telling...

"I know how bad demons are, I know that they do some of the most horrid things ever as they are told on this planet, yet at the same time when I am faced with stories like yours, I feel inadequate, Like I am unable to even compare to the darkness that is hidden on this planet." Swallowing his own rage deep inside and starting to bury it before he would then stand up and propose an offer towards the girl.

"Please, the most I can offer to you is a home like this, while I make sure to train myself, to make myself better, to own a company, to be able to protect those I care for.
But I am incapable of doing this alone." As he was facing down to the table, refusing to face her while holding one arm extended.
Hoping that she would at least not deny him, even if she was so uncertain about everything.

"I need the approval of those who I wish to protect, as I have found my heart being swayed by mankind their happiness, to the point where I wish to bring it to everybody else." Pathetically weak droplets of water coming from his eyes as they fell onto the table as he would then turn towards the girl with a smile on his face.

"I am a weakling! I am not worth saying that I can protect you, but can I please prove to you that I am able to protect you in the future? Can I please show you how much I can grow and that this home is the best for you?" As his words would start to slow down, he would hiccup slightly, his energy dropping lower and lower as he wanted to collapse and cry at the darkness of this world.

"This world isn't as nice as the world I came from, please allow me to help make you stronger and help make you more comfortable with the abilities that are not part of any normal person... Please help me make you feel better?" Turning his messy face towards her, for the first time in years, besides petty revenge he had found a goal for himself.
He was... Determined... To solve this issue that she had and bring a smile to her face!

"I do not want to treat you like a child, I know that I may sound like it, But as somebody who has been given a few chances himself, I keep looking at you like a comrade that I want to fight side by side with, you know?"

Pulling out a lighter as he would spin it between his fingers, Sam would flick it open and close it repeatedly as the Mermaid Mother was stirring in her sleep, making an audible noise as she would soon drift off to another dream as she mumbled Silica her name lovingly for a moment, a smile appearing on her face.

"Have you ever had to well, defend yourself? Any interest in being able to take your own fate with your own hands, maybe even taking the ability to fight back against those who try to force their will on you?" He then asked.
Realizing that he could easily shift this topic to another point as he could bring forwards a few points and make certain that the girl knew how to fight in the least.

"Battle practice, learning how to tolerate more pain, doing our best on how to move through the fields when being chased by somebody, we all have to learn this in steps, slowly.
But if you want too, instead of bringing up these sorry words or attempts at connecting, we can instead move forwards and practice ourselves until we have to not listen to people anymore." As he did lower his head while saying this, almost as if he wanted to learn more from Silica.
But not... Not teach Silica, he wanted to learn how she would move to be able to improve himself as his eyes showed a strange glint for a moment, one of an energy that wasn't known often.

"Holy shit, you have an actual reason" Sam spoke, turning his head to the side, keeping it there for a moment as he pondered, unable to even fathom why this would happen before then taking out a pair of glasses meant to resemble a therapist or doctor their pair.

Mumbling to himself as he started writing this stuff down, he would nod a few times in quick, happy succession before then pulling a pen out of his chest pocket.
Pointing it towards Silica, he wanted to know more and more information about this entire scenario, as going dark when you get too excited, that sounded like something he could be investigating and getting an extra bit of knowledge out of!

"So, When you get overly excited and you faint, do you just experience it like a sudden burst of energy that has nowhere to leech away, or is it more akin to the rate of your heart exceeding what you can hold?" Before then lowering his glasses.
Realizing that he didn't even ask her if she knew such things! "Oh! Sorry if you didn't know such things, after all, I am a guy who listens way too much to what others say."

As he would then turn towards the Mermaid as he would then turn back towards her.

"If you are not okay with talking about medical conditions, I must say, are you good with your eyes, spotting downsides or faults in people their movements?
Or maybe even being able to do a few puzzles correctly?" As he would rummage through his pockets, taking out a large number of nonsensical items before placing a map on the table.

Coated in dust, with a material that shouldn't even be around anymore in the current scientific day with such an age attached to it, the self-proclaimed demon would tap the map.

"You see, I got my hands on this little neat information bite about some kind of guardian that rests deep below the crust, which means that we could get some ancient items from it.
Flower seeds, Ancient books, Anything." As he would then tap the paper that seemed to indicate a few strange hills.

"Yet, I do not know which hill this could be, as I lack the brainpower to compare and figure out this planet's geographical topography."

"Hahaha! I will let you visit a doctor and pay you in some rare items with ease if we are capable of resolving this map issue!" As he would then start to take out a few old maps before then realizing your comment made absolute sense.
Pulling a few other maps from his body, starting to compare the dates with them before then swallowing deeply as it seems that her mental guess was paying off.

"This..." As he had stood up to help layout these maps that coated the table, once from tens of years old becoming soon hundreds and then hitting thousands as he would lean back onto the chair, realizing what he had found and was presented to her.

"This... This is way before the war, before our unification history..." as his hands trembled in delight and fear, knowing not what he had found or was presented, to say the least as he would grit his teeth while slowly having a smile cross on his face with euphoria spreading rapidly.

"This is a miracle, a miracle treasure that can make us rich, give us any ancient item, or maybe even find us items that were beyond the scope of our realm, something that would blow us clean of our socks." As he would start to compare locations before messing up heavily.
Silica was able to take note that he wasn't capable of comparing such large amounts of written down information with as much ease as somebody who had practice in spotting text and hints...

Possibly somebody with the knowledge of the text could elaborate further? As he looked hopeful towards the lass with him.