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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhA3QmyV9AC
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNxL66RjYy
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKJguVj8Or
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiFGNwsjcU
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDwNod2wCG
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhz8M9W9gk
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ida4TvokC
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HVbSy0ALv
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbsOq4K5Gy
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0LmltQlkU
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXoHqohe0e
I insisted ...350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRxogcPO25
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2adobBlUt
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgpSJhQKRq
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2pvjm9auB
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EyK9CXFeq
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYjQj7dUdt
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy41VrmYuSv
meaning?”350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87ZG4FDPZ2
“Yes ...”350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZRpUjJvuL
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoT3TPydR0k
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqmSciGvLz
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9g7ELFUduv
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTH8TmIvOmY
“Charged?” I asked.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlF7YhaIuUJ
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEwKHTMV0t
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNevq5A3Vp
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsq8T1Fjmzu
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGH6RLokeH6
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76oR8m1w9Z
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwnpps3wXi
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lkcs2wWS1
and do what I ask of you.”350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCvepVGdjx
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUVE3dp0Kt
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiawtVsraE9
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiu3jJnC3KN
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8QjhHtL5i
unassertive manner.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UyAwbylKO
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdU4ySfToq4
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9AHK3Fcac
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2Uh7PqmRn
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkXGph2qFy
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9lsrEGcKs
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5u9D8DTGG
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hgmpUJ0Ra
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHzdjDzYE6
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcK0I1n4wJb
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlwx8oKy71
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡID3T7zf4K2
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInQlBzOzHM
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQz8anD53V2
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA300odCUP0
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBAOXeaMmS
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEyW3Dw0fL
It felt so...350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKODzLJGs9y
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?350Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWS5qJyNFg8
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
