The sun isn't up yet, but Marcus and Cornelia's mother Aurelia is already busy. She's already worked up because she sees that the workers are all playing Fortnite.

"You annoying, wicked workers!" she shouted. "I swear, sometimes I don't know why I hired you to begin with. Why are you doing nothing and sitting idly, not working hard at all? Wow," she said sarcastically, "we really should give you a raise for laziness. We need to prepare everything immediately since WE ARE RETURNING HOME TODAY! Sitting flat on your bum doesn't buy any bread, and there are children back at home, and the children have got to be fed!" Fearing a pay cut, the workers immediately rise and get to work, shaking their heads since they had to abandon their Fortnite. 

Aurelia doesn't bother waking the boys because she had used her Alexa app to set alarms in Marcus' and Sextus' rooms. They rang at just that second, followed by a reminder. "This is a reminder: Come on, Sextus! It's time to wake up!" Sextus puts on his clothing and rushes out of his room. The same reminder was issued in Marcus' room, the only difference being the name. He pretended to be asleep, saying nothing. "Alexa, drop in on Marcus' Echo Dot." The ringing came--Marcus thought that the bells used for it was creepy--and Aurelia spoke in Tagalog. "Tara na, Marcus! Nagsusumikap kami ngayon. Bakit lang ikaw ay hindi gising? Nagpapanggap na natutulog, di ba?"

"Hindi ko maintindihan."

"Kung sinasabi mo yun, naiintindihan mo. Gising na!"

"I'm not getting up since I don't want to go. Why do I need to go, too? ALCOA's CEO doesn't want to consult me, only Dad. For all I care, he can use Skype and consult Dad like that."

Gaius Cornelius enters the room. "But I want to consult you, Marcus! Why are you annoying me today by neither waking up nor getting dressed?" 

Marcus says nothing but rises immediately out of respect. 

A/N: Check the comments section for the translations!