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Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlDaXeAZ7UL
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIgesBHi0R
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEGV9z10VR
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WlfIvK1qI
someone coming.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSsTXAUTAJ
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyzqkLuzSb
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCJRcKo9QK
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yuzm0OM4o
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNMljKCRp9
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUZAVHDnV4
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJGqn9ziTi
Examining.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcW4fKxXkcM
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zHSA9B3PI
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRNe46y5t0
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSI8AwycrB
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76lO6N6WyL
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamRIDWmhiT
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIU7FsnuOmj
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3BY1cTt9U
a word, my face was turned away from it.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoGndUdTzg
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IKp3Bre9L
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHm5HutwzB
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAPDYfdfdO
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHWIsxmrrU
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Am2QPEMzx
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaokKuXDyB
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6frUIBtTir
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJJ4gCguh2
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLhEoxyBxY
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fi37n6bEb
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUkN87nxpX
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUs3uvsIX9n
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvMMjGa3OO
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rPkF0eQVf
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsmE8Mam4d
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7DE8eYMG6
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsqKB5FH6H
interrupt it.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm39zwPOT07
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQe1I0Zt9yB
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhoZe6zJIy
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYEMvQkz1t
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlW9PtjQ3iD
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3S3q2XKo9U
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQQcRxijAE
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqe5wGNgOe4
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSemnJ9kyW5
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLaBxNcuWlz
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6UupXQ7tD
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWtrHrwzCC
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzlp3evNM7
“Yes...”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8pnPUkLl2
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJavBS4v5n
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05NSsjS5Ll
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgASdj3wqi
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0zBSp6SOU
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcS9tDlmDhV
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”
