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Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtmLNDkhtO
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtE1zTEhfmx
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK85CZmkbwg
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PO5iduImp
someone coming.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIeXPVhpeCO
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4k1KLy3lY
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXsZS7iYQS
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGR48rwW9z
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNveII6xxa5
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQl7nZ1gQu
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡio9mHcvG2Q
Examining.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYf9lIYnIq
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWtCFJEpY2
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjc8hdAwJXj
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzWGUwP3zT
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOu1HngkJCa
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXywbx2pNOC
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRVeH0rg8p
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGmTh4Zp29
a word, my face was turned away from it.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazLchJt2a5
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbw8UnpPkeu
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUtj75zJZi
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwa7W7AhgMS
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSyDaR047S
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3l3iYAZmv
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstL3ufY3R9
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxQsWfScpf
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziofhx2zwt
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8kifdeVur
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fTXh091Cg
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrripCcIsp
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyDnImvcMe
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KQXxRfoP9
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNmIWOdW3w
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNeK84Gtkmu
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLgkNHxRfB
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJ75KnMEkM
interrupt it.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQrFJozIo9
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuk9G1bMlQ
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvtCtgnvZP
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9dHX2xEaj
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZpOtyjPeS
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxecX708W3
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63ieTKuyGL
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJUmE2Cw55
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1LePw3w0A
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqIjndYlo7
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhFhBHFSoN
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71MzzINpOC
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzr7JopAyv
“Yes...”299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFeu3mqGguB
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBOHunpNls
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLY8sdE0af
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXIUQGbn0V
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52p59ydiTX
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUannNndu8t
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”
