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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmUQYXhAFo
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSY9QPo2FPt
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07bF4a8uVp
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVc1x6n88Vg
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0TjSGByxe
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsKJw7IY3c
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5eOeZK0WJh
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrf5NzUGVB5
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspdfRvGyFD
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEAfHtymSA
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqLyJUc3Gv
I insisted ...196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0Y17czgTO
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ALoVss0On
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLh2DGmuyXS
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlGWPGRgfy
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7vUhHKPPw
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodNOzWtL3u
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXwGNdVle2
meaning?”196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡseSniWDQiE
“Yes ...”196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpicU4hcG8G
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHq6Tb0ah4
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLoa73HhUg
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZ5vTsEqBY
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Lbgtz1Dg6
“Charged?” I asked.196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06ac2jwXV9
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZ1POvhw69
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡce6AYnorTl
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJc0ZriIMrJ
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIz4malbi4
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuiTqJhawa
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gq83mKJfz
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uvVAWaQU1
and do what I ask of you.”196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfVvWvEDpO
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM48ndHf4XF
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsN8Ow4h14
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLV57bYBe3
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDAaQ6YuBh
unassertive manner.196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSenGQ0vThc
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnXrlitWog
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2tJLiKoNh
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqeRFt8apkd
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiI0CsvAVaa
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yjzBf2R5C
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9jowoW59l
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwI7wGGa6U9
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvu9yjzin0c
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2nWIkNJ2B
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfp8YMjRtm9
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IC3K55620
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aUBr47Oco
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RdBcawBr5
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJD9hS9jxC4
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkoUC7PUZT
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7WOQ7lSDS
It felt so...196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlz867ecwJc
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?196Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlukDtlrpW
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
