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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZlwCEycPp
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4Mh65S9dA
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6beQiwv61r
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡig3HwgHT0u
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5Q2RwWJKb
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpimoZYaS6S
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Z9anzfEYV
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUPTFsZGgn
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXNt3kmg0v
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgss4tOwici
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdyQxeowwx
I insisted ...253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueDqAAej4i
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFUeuQwd11
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrftNYDFAwk
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGeQpNTJlc
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3veTYGCH8
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVM8YXQD0Qm
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9U2omKdTW
meaning?”253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusXX7KFhLo
“Yes ...”253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfgweb9C2k
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xyEBR5hHc
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjzz60hfpU
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98uJ3Nsm8A
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡps4bi42Yxe
“Charged?” I asked.253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJy428eGPAi
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtgNGUqk7B
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBY1qGsG9Xq
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppM018NTy5
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFoIOhWh6Y
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0daruMP6oO
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgBnIxLOV6
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHAFWKZAqEi
and do what I ask of you.”253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdGgdZi62h
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2m4oja3xH
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAtvO7dnmM
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNh53Ta2NEG
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVOkalULje
unassertive manner.253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkmJKHjTeb
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOZLe356A5
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWmpgFZT5a
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtgccG7TYO
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzUjUgbDHh
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEKyxgKm50
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRwh2Xdij9
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYb4Aqxz9ce
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKu3fjNfsk
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NimVcZhR1
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAVMOhxlx8
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iQcNKigKt
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RSWWzvxdu
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69a1ZY8W2L
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPH2Dd970v
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61STi86QIP
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPYiX4rxdn
It felt so...253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡny91IImhgw
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?253Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqOuc9IDMX
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
