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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREycuSWOS4
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7yXpHubAK4
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNnf54zGYj
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWi3fz8BYSX
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrCMldCZUe
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdpxQ2conz
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnomuny4KFh
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2VY5W5g0i
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wq9yuj5dH
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WY97kGrr4
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRJetnbWji
I insisted ...354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cPw8bMDRt
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgbEUqLNpI
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yxw3zna1a
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQWKpC4BzB
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wHZm8RRbg
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf22rZIvRqw
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5MGOOWLZ6
meaning?”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUYh7DrBVK
“Yes ...”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3hCn0NYNJ
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG54BHINEnl
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZivHyQIDGZ
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6o4Sl7mceg
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinD846KBsd
“Charged?” I asked.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiof2FM273x
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RToOTYwBb
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTEr7DzLOu
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9raJwF676
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lPMo9V0BJ
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNGhjrSED7
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2w4du7Rk0
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqU6C5Tp80
and do what I ask of you.”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPnDbwHrQX
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdAsv1STXn
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRA6wD3X8j
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbrSJk1Tc5
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVykod6bvV
unassertive manner.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefPzDxXnds
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxnQFggM4z
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPVV2j9nOG
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jx7Ct0eQb
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJUEiRTWJJ
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70iLw9POG0
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsl5aS0EKy
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYC5lg4vJ4m
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbY509yu0E
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVxZa7bbJ1
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpW833swh4t
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRYWZmmALM
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLBKOZaBwU
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVATcQlEjcv
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZFCJpoq2k
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLn0wvlXjb
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDKimkJ1Yk
It felt so...354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvzSBeokoq
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfnj2LmjeH
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
