He was a special child, yes, but the world he lived in felt wrong. It was like his mind remembered other times. The fancy clothes and quiet rooms in his rich house felt like a nice prison. His old memories of fighting wars felt sharp and real. But eating yummy food at big parties felt strange. Teachers told him to use the energy around them, called Prime Energy, in a soft, careful way. But for Tayo, this energy felt like a wild fire. He used it before to change the world, and it was not soft.
His feelings made things happen that were strange. One day, he was learning to use Prime Energy for healing plants. It was supposed to be a soft touch. But Tayo accidentally sent out a big burst of power. It made the plants die and his teacher jump back! Tayo could control the power, but his body wanted to use big power, not small. His mom and dad were happy he was strong, but they looked worried sometimes. They saw a child who could be very important, but they didn't see the old, tired look in his young eyes.
One sunny afternoon, Tayo felt very, very bored. He left his boring lesson about how to act in fancy parties. He went to a secret garden place where the energy felt more... real. Not so clean and perfect. He sat near a small water place. He felt the Prime Energy here was messy, like a broken thing. It jumped around instead of flowing smoothly. But this messy energy felt like home to Tayo. It felt like the crazy times he remembered from a long, long time ago.
He started playing with the energy, but not like his teachers taught him. He pushed it, twisted it, making it do things that were not normal here. He made shiny, see-through shapes in the air. They weren't just light. They felt like ideas, or pictures from his mind. Quick pictures of tall people, old signs he didn't know, and fights that happened under strange skies. These shapes felt like old memories turning into energy. They were pieces of a power from the very start of his mind-world.
Suddenly, someone spoke. "Wow. I've never seen anyone use Prime Energy like that. It's... different."
Tayo jumped. The energy shapes disappeared. A young woman was standing nearby. She looked a little older than him. Her clothes were simple, not fancy. But her eyes looked very smart and she watched him closely. He didn't know her from his family's house. She felt... wild, somehow. Her energy was different too, like the messy energy around them. And for the first time in this life, Tayo felt a new feeling, not just bored or strange. He felt interested. And deep inside, a very small part of him felt like he knew her from long ago.