Only Henry bothered to give Cinnabar and Maroon a gift. That made Cinnabar run to hug him. Maroon smiled and thanked Henry. Henry smiled back at them. He knew it was the right thing at that moment. Moving along, it soon came to the point that it was time to leave. As Henry, Crimson and Scarlet got a block away, he said "I know that we've done a little bit of fraud, but it's still your birthday too. It's not right that you won't get a celebration this year. I think we need to change that. We'll give you a quick party too." They were happy to hear it. They went to the Chinese restaurant. Both Crimson and Scarlet were already fluent in Chinese. They ordered in Mandarin. There was a look of surprise on both the cashier and on Henry's faces. "When did you guys learn Chinese!? It wasn't at school." he asked them at the table. Crimson flinched at the tone. "We didn't mean to hide it! It's not like that. We just... learned it. Our Locks gave us the... power." he admitted right away. Henry blinked his eyes. "What do you mean? You were made from Noah's power." he wanted to know. Scarlet frowned.
Now that he was frowning, Henry knew that Scarlet was shutting down. "I'm not mad at either of you. I was just surprised. Being fluent in Chinese is great." he said really quickly looking at him. "Are you sure?" he asked. Henry just nodded his head and said "You know that I don't lie about being angry. Either I am or I'm not." They both knew that was true from living with him for months. "Well, we are identical clones of Noah. Noah is a Red Lock. Our own Locks are not as strong, but we all have them. It is in the same place. All of us clones need to use our powers to be able to speak out loud." Henry was doing his best to digest all of the information. He really wanted to understand. "Is that it? You can speak every language!?" he probed. Crimson shook his head. "Only the ones we hear. We can only speak them if we hear it. If we read it, we can read or write in that language." Henry shrugged his shoulders. "That is a pretty cool power. Once you get those GEDs, we can get you on some calls. We can open up a lot of new markets if all I need to do is sit you in front of Muzzy DVDs.
Marketing was something that they could do. It would be hard to get a job if they would not be going to college. They were effectively high school dropouts. Having a very big middle manager giving them the green light would be a boost to their careers in the field. It was a bit questionable. Nepotism was usually frowned on. Now they also were inheritors of Noah's dream. They wanted to go into music. They could play the electric and bass guitars. That was not hard for Henry to get his hands on them. He got a pair for both of them to keep them entertained while at home. He even got a drum set to jam along with them. Henry was not a cruel man. He knew it was very bad for general mental health to keep 2 teenage boys locked up in an apartment every day with no breaks. Now that they had their legal papers, they could go and do what they wanted. Crimson and Scarlet were really good boys in his eyes. He could trust them not to cause chaos. "I... I want to play music." Crimson said. Scarlet nodded in agreement. Henry backed off on it. "The option is open." he said as food arrived.
