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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQFlECKMht
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTbTl0TnIM
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwq7KkpLTx
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4uo7Uncv3
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96E1PpJHYi
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpN2hf1nRra
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQhnBAlEXj
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94CE7yuisB
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qZyFF1cb4
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrS9Swxt4w
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAveXUTtSC
I insisted ...229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEqKLC2mfa
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopKYyLKNBr
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXNJO721Yp
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQd2N5ETvP
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSw02GIR8Z
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5aFThbojP
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDLWRpXxU2
meaning?”229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbz8nilGS4
“Yes ...”229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdrjGHsiAt
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiDglUsMv3
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGw1NVUiGRY
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbmSeI3nrh
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyG7gBfJ8WF
“Charged?” I asked.229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSOwnThDoL
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7aq9PZ7XnD
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23kemwKkXS
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFANiNJU9a
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9NzCKDAOR
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cMIFXXhNH
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeuLrOztQkS
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrO77hU0Na
and do what I ask of you.”229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCZuH4OMWq
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrp4LPE29E0
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOW08qtMnQ
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9YjLH3OWc
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5DjD8xs8W
unassertive manner.229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHeCUKPhAl
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90z7tKtMuF
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoMcgoCSqv
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfD9XPwFfF
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilndHsthMT
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6f26Aeue2g
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XgxLHhbwW
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUXFEG78DV
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8ZBJZZPzq
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrPn3OXJUl
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lnJ3pp0EA
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovNNGOFaiq
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbunr5rvVk5
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NJUpjU39R
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjwSxXYfNI
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMq6po6PeZy
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnladpVgtu
It felt so...229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypNtNyhNvo
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?229Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVV5FSE4VGp
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
