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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRFQTIHNIg
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSJ6QemSDZ
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkwPfVtUI3
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2t1VdiuJw
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmvMZp5fmh
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCKtNyXJJk
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAwvqXJlc3
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqwFOlqDYD
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9aqdxtKXz
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdy0FN4pAhS
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Unv1shngF
I insisted ...332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3LAGexJIA
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbwH7KEQyT
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKw1gfRUoV
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZFNH6LdLS
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU90TVG3gau
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTsVvswXuz
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOt59PR3OYP
meaning?”332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPCaZRmi8k
“Yes ...”332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KXEC7KSph
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxI6UKVElU
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6qhhfAZjQ
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKY69AAvcz
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMUs5KCgG2
“Charged?” I asked.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxWDedg1eS
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGVcOPpZZ2
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpFfxOBE3o
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPx4I5PC24K
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dTnVPqRA6
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNyH8qRZgK
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqc1JUc9pGt
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpCEiOozgE
and do what I ask of you.”332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgH7nQsWsBP
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkEmGjnGyS
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapmUfHSkap
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRmZVRU7aS
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4U77mguuk
unassertive manner.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0o4PyFj3F
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0cAl3ABWW
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sCqpWfwKm
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZwlSavNub
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1K5oR735C
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Ar9NJAagI
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eqCQbP70i
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVukqYVAzY
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc96CLZBG0W
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eIjJGliaC
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fwW2H4ymq
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cbn627q3N
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRo3l7jB8Jm
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpsFgUFPfk
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLJnbb752H
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9tSDbHcDY
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKFoqHyBpw
It felt so...332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wtGJBefHF
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?332Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWBNPr8dGf
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
