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Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszYrScfBmF
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jTkvUj7kr
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XhfNAOhYG
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4ic3IDJ0n
someone coming.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZq0bpiLqP1
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KuNtVdkc0
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhO0D1wBVu
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoubWscvVT
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0XRZRWJhr
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpDX5XrkrU
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJgrM1bvHC
Examining.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwUGAvBr7d
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1g5NZZAl8
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgDDt9X5IP
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFtCQbkTai
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hqypBXaX4
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFaO2UtiSlW
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1Ifj2uS2h
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJHsCWKKgE
a word, my face was turned away from it.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCHYnUY1ev
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpYPMMdT0y
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBofbN8pI7
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TTymVuSHU
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQYdRtKTAO
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNG83PHYcTn
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNa5XTwr8n
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9d7ZyBVwc
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEB1Eb7OgMB
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGsp89nu7h
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmfgs51EOz
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwiBgnzPIe2
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9205i6mEwj
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2w816Tum9m
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeW9vGsPzk
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYi959nVrlv
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MANkcksLo
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2xHg347jU
interrupt it.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhR3LEilKV7
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡor3T94wNkm
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GWvFhKX65
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPiGeF73RN
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFReZA2Ecas
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqR7pr2tNo
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJT4v8Vuejj
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tQTaJEOyz
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1B4OUanKF
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0QPJG7fRm
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvBnCA6Y9M
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGDeF4aYS9
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXgN6iZO7B
“Yes...”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBNxBuS498
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuvo7vCWQZ
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxANCzwAWVO
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8BrwbYPXb
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBzmkWDt9f
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWRplvdIRX
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”
