Daedalus's Awakening: Father and son

"Father! Wake up! Father!"

Daedalus bolt up right, he was on his bed. Covered in sweat, thirsty and not on fire, to his relief. He held his son and hugged him.

"Father, here drink this. Water. It will help you. You were shouting. I don't know what to do. And you're calling out to me, asking me to help you. I tried waking you up, but you keep fidgeting," Icarus helped his father drink.

Daedalus breathed deeply and calmed himself. A breeze of wind suddenly grazed through Daedalus's lips, it was as if the sky had just kissed him.

"Icarus! That's it!" Daedalus exclaimed with glee. "I know how to get us out of here!"
 His smile was that of a child when he said these words.

"How, father?" asked Icarus, his voice mixed with both with forced enthusiasm and sorrow. He knew his father is the brightest mind of the era, but he couldn't bear in mind the failure of his father. His father have tried a lot of things to get them out of the tower and he knew how miserable his father has become.

There was a time when Daedalus almost hit him out of rage. But the his rage, then, was immediately extinguished upon seeing his son's eyes. He couldn't bear to see himself angry through the young one's eyes.

Daedalus once more smiled and pointed out at the window. Icarus dumbfounded of his father's smile, paused for a moment before looking at where Daedalus pointed.

"The window?" asked Icarus.

"Yes, through the window. The sky!" Daedalus cried out. "You see, we're going to fly!"

"Fly?" Icarus asked. His face showed dejection upon hearing his father spoke. He wasn't like this. Before, he would immediately believe him. He would welcome what his father says. But now, seeing how things have been. His faith to him have dwindled.

"What's with that face, Icarus? Don't you have faith in your old man anymore?" asked Daedalus. Another breeze came into the window, slithered through Icarus's hair and revealed his whole face. He was bruised on his cheek. "Icarus, what's this? Who did this?"

"I tripped earlier, father. I'm getting a bit clumsy," Icarus lied.