I woke up hearing sounds I absolutely didn't want to know about coming from my mother.

  Abort! Abort!

  I quickly analyzed that same thing repeatedly to make myself pass out for now.

  —————

  I woke up again the next morning hearing and partially seeing my father awake and getting ready for work.

  As he's getting ready, he notices me watching him.

  Father(smiling but quiet): [I'm heading to work, little guy. Your mom had a long night and is still sleeping. Look after her, ok.]

  I didn’t need to know they had a long night…

  But in my limited capacity as A BABY, I’ll try to take care of my mother.

  Bending down, he kissed me on the top of my head.

  As he stood back up, I used [Analysis] on him, because I still hadn’t learned his name.

  {

  }

  Oh, cool.

  I have more information coming from [Analysis].

  So his name is John.

  Then I heard the door softly close as Father left.

  Shoot, I forgot to focus on what he looks like again.

  He has no status conditions, so he should be in good health.

  What are traits?

  {Traits: Skills that become so much a part of a person, they become prevalent and always active part of them.}

  Neat, I'm going to work hard to make sure I don't pick up any bad traits.

  {Unassuming: The person flies under the radar. It is harder to focus on and remember this person.}

  Is this why I kept forgetting to see what he looks like?

  I'll have to focus harder next time.

  {Hard Worker: When this person starts a task, they will complete the task. Work speed up and stamina usage down when focusing on a task.]

  Ok, my father might be a bit of a secret badass and no one knows it.

  {Family Man: This man is loyal to this family and wants the best for it. Their stamina usage is down and general stats are up when working to better or protect their family.}

  If I understand this correctly, this reaffirms that I should have a pleasant family life with my father.

  CRUD!

  Forgot I could multitask again… I'll start working my limbs and neck until mother wakes up or I run out of SP.

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  If I analyze mother, I might find some more traits or status conditions I can also analyze.

  …

  …

  …

  {*Bing* Ambulatory Movement skill up.}

  Welp out of SP, but mother was still asleep, and my MP hadn’t fully recovered last night.

  Let's work on meditation and recover while I wait for mother to wake.

  I focus my meditation on being one with what is around me.

  *Ding ding ding ding*

  For now, I’m going to ignore them and just be.

  —————

  *Ding ding ding ding ding*

  Still just letting the world be.

  *Ding ba-ring ding ding rustle*

  Ba-ring? Rustle?

  I opened my eyes and see a lump moving on my parents’ bed.

  Let's look at the messages I received first.

  {Minor SP Regeneration skill up.}

  {Minor MP Regeneration skill up.}

  {Meditation skill up.}

  {Awareness skill up.}

  {Minor SP Regeneration skill up.}

  {Minor MP Regeneration skill up.}

  {Meditation skill up.}

  {Deep Meditation skill up.}

  {Awareness skill up.}

  {Minor SP Regeneration skill up.}

  {Patience skill up.}

  {Minor MP Regeneration skill up.}

  {Meditation skill up.}

  {Awareness skill up.}

  Now, looking at the lump in the bed, how was mom doing?

  {

  }

  Ummm… ok.

  Let's start with…

  {Sleep: Your awareness of your surroundings becomes limited, but general recovery increased. At lower levels remove this status condition with external stimuli.}

  {After Birth: You have given a new life existence. It is a tough experience. Stamina total decreased, recovery rate lowered, general physical stats reduced.}

  So… that's all of her status conditions… yup, all of them.

  {Air Headed: Your head is in the clouds. Negative abnormalities are harder to notice, but stress-related status ailments are harder to be afflicted with and last for less time.}

  Hu… I mean, with the limited interactions we’ve had, I might see this?

  {Boundless Energy: You can do it, you can do anything! Stamina's total and recovery speed increased. It is harder to be afflicted with status effects that lower your stamina and they last for less time.}

  {Family Woman: This woman is loyal to this family and wants the best for it. Their stamina usage is down and general stats are up when working to better or protect their family.}

  I wonder, was scanning this trait a re-scan?

  {*Ding* Analysis skill up.}

  Guess not.

  So a happy family all around.

  And that is everything about mother… yup everything…

  *Sign*

  {Sated: Fully satisfied with something. Reaction speed reduced, but happiness increased.}

  …

  Ok, moving on.

  {Magic Knowledge: General knowledge about magic. Increases learning speed for magic-related skills, up to this skill's level.}

  I need to focus on this skill, before I learn other magic skills.

  {Deep Meditation: A [Meditation] augment skill. Able to remain in a meditative state even with interruption. With increased skill levels, more external stimuli are required before the user’s meditation ends forcefully.}

  {Patience: A [] skill. Increases the effects of skills or abilities that need concentration. The longer you concentration on a skill, the greater the temporary increase, based on skill level.}

  Both skills sound like they will work well together.

  But what's with the [] skill?

  I can't analyze it either.

  Is there something required to show [] contents?

  More rustling came from the bed before a disheveled mother got up and stumbled her way to what looked like a bathroom.

  I don't think I'd been awake for my parents waking up.

  Is mother normally this groggy in the mornings?

  I heard what sounded like shower sound start from the bathroom.

  Do we have a shower?

  Are there showers in this world?

  I exercised and continued closed eyed meditation so I don’t see something I shouldn't.

  During my meditation, I pick up the shower turning off and the bathroom door opening before a bubbly and drunk sounding mother step out.

  I waited patiently for her “putting on clothes” sounds to finish and walking over to the crib before opening my eyes and ending my meditation.

  Mother(drunkenly): [Heaaaay Raaaay, howz my little guy do'in.]

  Am I in danger?

  Let's give her a smile.

  Mother(smiling drunkenly): [Ahhhhhh, you are juzt zo cute. Let'z get you out of ther, get you changed and fed.]

  What followed wasn't as scary as I thought.

  It looked like she was focusing hard before she moved us about.

  I zoned out for the changing and feeding, as usual, before we went out onto the front porch.

  {*Ding* Auto Aperture skill up.}

  My eyes had developed enough that I wasn’t in pain from leaving the house now.

  Wait, why is the house so dim?

  There may be much about this world that I'm looking forward to learning about, but if there is a reason that we keep the house so dim, there might be scary things about the world too.

  Then again, maybe I'm overthinking it, and my parents like keeping the inside not as bright.

  We stayed out in the sun for what seems like longer than usual, with mother rocking herself in the rocking chair, a goofy grin on her face.

  {*Ding* Sun Resistance skill up.}

  {*Ding* Auto Aperture skill up.}

  While we were out here, I tried to increase my eyes' resistance to light changes… it looked like I was playing peek-a-boo.

  Some neighbors walking returned the peek-a-boo.

  It's a little embarrassing, but it makes mother happy.

  Inbetween bouts of covering my eyes, I analyzed the few things that weren’t blurry.

  Happily, the distance I could view was increasing bit by bit.

  {Rocking Chair(wood):…}, {Porch:…}, {Door(wood):…}, {Carrier:…}

  {*Ding* Auto Aperture skill up.}

  There weren’t many objects on the porch, or further I could see clearly.

  I'm also getting kind of sleepy.

  Idea!

  Sleep is important for babies, but they eventually gain resistance to it.

  Could this be another resistance skill?

  Though, do I want to work on this resistance skill now?

  What if after I get this resistance skill I don't sleep, and I mess up my body's development?

  {*Ding* Investigation skill up.}

  More power to the short kings of any world, but I enjoy the idea of reaching the top shelf in the future.

  I let the sleepiness take me.