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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxsAkKjoKT
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dUPDXcML5
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJkQNuZIDK
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrox1bMVty
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6pVP4phD4
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLrxzcM53m
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ473kJxCzfD
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUmgxsPIVW
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU45efBEs7l
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKxEepaeNb
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6s9wmGHDu
I insisted ...329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgopZJopqc
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ibLbZnCLY
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFK4E1Ok9r
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZeTEeBZHfP
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVZyPtsnB2
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIJ9hKI2xR
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSKCx0jSvC
meaning?”329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35YisfJ3r0
“Yes ...”329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBxjafvDTo
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Q8N9aqRYR
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PziYmNXqY
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBATgapczT
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqH7kWeSiM
“Charged?” I asked.329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUGtqqLd3K
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZjjz6zGR4
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivZgyHGRfc
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcngl67kTFy
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTiPfhCtAN
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡduIepMYm2v
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKSYlyNKH7
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuArfOlWPZb
and do what I ask of you.”329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rsXSccMfv
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKChuT9hXH
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YUHbUhQDO
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsro2Uaccb
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccVuMdoFwd
unassertive manner.329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLn8eaY7cum
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWwXJ1NMG2
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmaJ5pWp0s
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVxv6XKQBY
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIbYwAbVw8
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDHnikXROl
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhfUSlW319
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAcN4VaTlU
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgN1pogyxB
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFeykkVZr7t
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLF93pq6kOM
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxLbLijgO7
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbKyOHGqlT
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2kK3OzFdg
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfIREnNDp8
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHeUVkBrZdc
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPySQIAGdXI
It felt so...329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHbh0DPEhe
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?329Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxRDLUAikx
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
