As an automatic reaction to being hit in the head, even by something small, the silent boy's ability started acting out again, projecting complete blackness across the entire room for a brief second. Luckily, it stopped pretty quickly, almost as if the lights had just flickered for a moment, though even the light streaming through the windows had been blocked during that time. Rubbing the spot on his head where he had just been hit, he looked around the room for the object that had struck him.